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His
Royal Highness the Infante of Spain Don Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
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Parma, Head of the Royal House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of
Calabria, Count of Caserta |
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Registered: The International
Register of Arms, 27th Novemberl 2006. Registration No. 0078.
Arms: Per pale: Dexter, per pale: dexter, Quarterly of
six: lst and 6th ) Or, six fleurs de-lys Azure, one, two, two and one
(Farnese of Parma); 2nd and 4th, Gules, a fesse Argent (Austria); 3rd
and 5th, bendy of six Or and Azure, a bordure Gules (Burgundy
Ancient); all debruised of an escutcheon Argent charged with five
escutcheons Azure in cross, each bearing five plates in saltire
argent, all within a bordure Gules, charged with seven castles Or
(Portugal). Sinister, on a fesse Gules, a fesse Argent (Austria); in
chief, Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Gules a castle Or, masoned Sable, port
and fenestration Azure (Castile); 2nd and 3rd, Argent, a lion rampant
armed langued and crowned Or (Leon); ente en pointe: Argent, a
pomegranate Gules, stalked and leaved Vert (Granada). In base, per
fesse: in chief per bend-sinister in dexter-chief, bendy of six Or and
Azure, a bordure Gules (Burgundy Ancient); in sinister base, Or, a
lion Sable, armed and langued Gules (Flanders); in base ax, nine
fleurs-de-lys, three, three and three Or, debruised of a label
throughout of five points |
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Gules (Anjou). Sinister
per pale: dexter per fess: in chief, per fess, Or, four pallets Gules
(Aragon) impaling per saltire, palewise, Or, four pallets Gules (also
for Aragon) and fessewise Argent, an eagle displayed Sable beaked and
membered Gules, crowned Or (Sicily). In base Azure, eight fleurs de-lys
Or, three, two and three, within a bordure compony Argent and Gules
(Burgundy Modem). In base, per fesse: in chief, in bend; in dexter
base, Argent, an eagle displayed Gules, beaked, membered, crowned and
trefle Or (Tyrol); and in sinister chief, Sable, a lion rampant Or,
armed and langued Gules (Brabant). In base, Argent a cross potent
between four crosses humetty Or (Jerusalem). Sinister, Or, six
torteaux, the chief most absconded by a heurte charged with three
fleurs-de-lys Or, the other five Gules (Medicis of Tuscany). Over all
an escutcheon of pretence Azure, three fleurs-de-lys Or, a bordure
Gules (Bourbon-Anjou). The whole ensigned with the Royal Crown of the
Two Sicilies and surrounded by the Collars of the Orders of Saint
Januarius, Saint Ferdinand and of Merit, the Constantinian Order of
Saint George and the Golden Fleece.
His Royal Highness the
Infante of Spain Don Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies & Bourbon-Parma,
Duke of Calabria, Count of Caserta, Grand Master of the Illustrious
Royal Order of Saint Januarius, Knight of the Most Illustrious Order
of the Golden Fleece, President of the Council of the four Military
Orders of Santiago, Calatrava, Alcántara and Montesa, Grand Commander
of Alcántara, Grand Cross of Military Merit with White Distinction,
Grand Cross of the Spanish Order of Naval Merit, Grand Cross of the
Spanish Order of Agricultural Merit, Grand Cross of the Mexican Order
of the Aztec Eagle, Grand Cross of the Equestrian Order of the Holy
Sepulcher, Grand Cross of the Royal Portuguese Order of Vila Viçosa,
Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Star of Karageorge of
Yugoslavia, etc.
His Royal Highness the Infante Don Carlos, Duke of Calabria, was born
in Lausanne, Switzerland, where his parents the Infante Don Alfonso
and Infanta Doña Alicia (born a Princess of Parma) were living in
exile. They returned to Spain in 1941 where the young Prince went to
school as the companion of his first cousin, Infante Don Juan Carlos,
then Prince of the Asturias and later Prince, then King of Spain.
He subsequently trained as a lawyer working briefly in New York with
the Chase Manhattan Bank. He is now a director of several companies
and President of the Spanish Confederation of Foundations, President
of the Spanish Royal Naval Foundation, and of the Spanish branches of
the United World College and the World Wildlife Fund.
Don Carlos became Duke of Noto in 1960 when Infante Don Alfonso
succeeded his uncle, Ferdinando Pio, Duke of Calabria, as Head of the
Royal House of the Two Sicilies and Grand Master of the Constantinian
Order. In 1964 his father died and he succeeded him in turn, becoming
Duke of Calabria. In 1994 he was appointed an Infante of Spain, by
Royal Decree of HM King Juan Carlos I.
In 1965 he married Princess Anne of Orléans, daughter of the Count and
Countess of Paris; they live in Madrid and have five children, a son,
four daughters and nine grandchildren.
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