Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria


Infante Alfonso of Spain, Prince of the Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria was one of two claimants to the title of the head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies from 1960 until his death in 1964. He was the son of Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias. He was born and died in Madrid, Spain.
Alfonso's mother was María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, but she died in childbirth in 1904. Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, was unmarried at the time so as the Princess of the Asturias's eldest son, the young infante became heir presumptive to the Spanish crown, though, unlike his mother, he never held the title of Prince of Asturias. He was heir presumptive until the birth of his cousin, Alfonso, to Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenie in 1907.

Marriage and issue

Alfonso married Princess Alice of Bourbon-Parma, his second cousin, daughter of Elias, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, and Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, on 16 April 1936 in Vienna, Austria. They had three children:
  • Princess Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Salerno, married to Íñigo Moreno y de Arteaga, 1st Marquess of Laserna, with seven children:
  • *Rodrigo Moreno y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, married to Casilda Guerrero-Burgos y Fernández de Córdoba, 21st Duchess of Cardona.
  • *Alicia Moreno y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, married to José Luis Hernández Eraso, with two children
  • *Alfonso Moreno y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, married to Marta Calvo y Molezún, with two children
  • *Beatriz Moreno y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, married to Lucas Urquijo Fernández de Araoz, with two children
  • *Fernando Moreno y Borbón-Dos Sicilias
  • *Clara Moreno y Borbón-Dos Sicilias
  • *Delia Moreno y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, married to Álvaro de Ledesma y Sanchiz, 5th Marquis of Arecibo
  • Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, married to Princess Anne of Orléans, with five children:
  • *Cristina de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Orleáns, married to Pedro López-Quesada y Fernández-Urrutia, with two children
  • *María Paloma de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Orleáns, married to Archduke Simeon of Austria, with five children
  • *Pedro de Borbón-Dos Sicilias, Duke of Calabria, married to Sofía Landaluce y Melgarejo, with seven children:
  • **Jaime de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce, Duke of Noto
  • **Juan de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce
  • **Pablo de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce
  • **Pedro de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce
  • **Sofía de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce
  • **Blanca de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce
  • **María de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Landaluce
  • *Inés de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Orleáns, married to Michele Carrelli Palombi, with two children
  • *Victoria de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Orleáns, married to Markos Nomikos, with four children
  • Princess Inés of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Syracuse, married to Luis de Morales y Aguado, with five children:
  • *Isabel de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, married to Joaquín Galán y Otamendi, with two daughters:
  • **Carlota Galán y Morales de Borbón-Dos-Sicilias
  • **Inés Galán y Morales de Borbón-Dos-Sicilias
  • *Eugenia de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, married to Iñigo Valdenebro y García de Polavieja, with three children
  • *Sonia de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, married to Alejandro García-Atance y Leurquin, with two children
  • *Manuel de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, married to Emma Ruiz de Azcárate y García de Lomas, with two children
  • *Mencía de Morales y Borbón-Dos Sicilias

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