Infante Álvaro, Duke of Galliera

Infante Álvaro, Duke of Galliera was a Spanish infante who held the Italian title of Duke of Galliera from 1937 to 1997.

Life and family

He was born at Coburg in Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, German Empire, as the first son of [Infante Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón, Duke of Galliera|Alfonso, Duke of Galliera|Infante Alfonso] and Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. His father was the elder son of Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera and Infanta Eulalia of Spain, while his mother was the youngest daughter of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia.
He succeeded to the title of Duke of Galliera on 14 July 1937. He died in 1997 at the age of 87, making him the last surviving child of Infante Alfonso and Princess Beatrice, as well the last surviving grandchild of Prince Alfred and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna.
As his elder son Alonso died in 1975 at the age of 34, his grandson Alfonso inherited the Dukedom of Galliera in 1997.

Marriage and descendants

He married Carla Parodi-Delfino on 10 July 1937 in Rome, Italy. She was the eldest daughter of, an Italian senator and business magnate, and his wife Lucie Hennij, daughter of the Dutch governor of Java.
They had four children:

Doña Gerarda de Orléans-Borbón y Parodi-Delfino, married Harry Freeman Saint on 26 July 1963, had two children, and divorced in 1977. She married secondly Ignacio Romero y Solís-Beaumont, 6th Marqués de Marchelina in 1990, no issue. Her children with Harry Freeman Saint are:
*Carla d'Orléans-Borbón Saint, married John Stephen Lilly on 19 September 1992 in Riverdale, New York, no issue, divorced in 2001. She married secondly Nicolás de Haro y Fernández de Córdoba on 23 June 2001 in Spain, and had three children:
**Nicolás de Haro y Saint
**Sofia de Haro y Saint
**Mateo de Haro y Saint
*Marc Saint Orleans-Borbon
Don Alonso de Orléans-Borbón y Parodi-Delfino, married Doña Emilia Ferrara Pignatelli, dei Principi di Strongoli on 12 January 1966 in Naples, and had two sons:
*Don Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón, 7th Duke of de Galliera, married Véronique Goeders on 28 March 1994. After seven years of marriage, they divorced in 2001. They had one son:
** Don Alonso Juan de Orleans-Borbón y Goeders
*Don Alvaro de Orléans-Borbón y Ferrara-Pignatelli, married Alice Acosta on 6 April 2007, and had two children:
**Don Aiden de Orléans-Borbón y Acosta
**Doña Amelia de Orléans-Borbón y Acosta
Doña Beatriz de Orléans-Borbón y Parodi-Delfino, married Tommaso dei Conti Farini on 25 April 1964 in Rome, Italy, and had two children:
*Gerardo Alfonso dei Conti Farini, married Délia Mittempergher in 2007 and had two daughters:
**Luisa Farini
**Alessandra Farini
*Elena Gioia dei Conti Farini, married Joaquin de Haro y Fernández de Córdova on 19 June 1999 in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain, and had two children:
**Claudia de Haro y Farini
**Tomás de Haro y Farini
Don Álvaro Jaime de Orléans-Borbón y Parodi-Delfino, married Giovanna San Martino d'Agliè dei Marchesi di San Germano on 24 May 1974 in Campiglione, had issue, and divorced. He married second, Antonella Rendina on 28 December 2007. He has three children with his first wife and a daughter with his second wife:
*Pilar de Orléans-Borbón y San Martino d'Agliè, married Nicholas Henderson-Stewart in June 2006, and has six children:
**Felix Henderson-Stewart
**Louis Henderson-Stewart
**Daria Henderson-Stewart
**Xenia Henderson-Stewart
**James Henderson-Stewart
**Pedro Henderson-Stewart
*Andrés de Orléans-Borbón y San Martino d'Agliè, married Anne-Laure van Exter on 30 January 2009 in London, England, with four children:
**Ines de Orleáns-Borbón y van Exter
**Eugenia de Orleáns-Borbón y van Exter
**Álvaro de Orléans-Borbón y van Exter
**Sofía de Orléans-Borbón y van Exter
*Alois de Orléans-Borbón y San Martino d'Agliè, married Guadalupe Solis Jabón on 28 June 2008 in Asti, Italy, and had one son:
**Alonso de Orléans y Solís
* Doña Eulalia de Orléans-Borbón y Rendina