Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro
| Prince Ranieri | |||||
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| Duke of Castro | |||||
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| Head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies | |||||
| Reign | 7 January 1960 – 13 January 1973 | ||||
| Predecessor | Prince Ferdinand Pius | ||||
| Successor | Prince Ferdinand | ||||
| Born | 3 December 1883 Cannes, France | ||||
| Died | 13 January 1973 (aged 89) Roquebrune sur Argens, France | ||||
| Burial | |||||
| Spouse | Countess Maria Carolina Zamoyska | ||||
| Issue | Princess Maria del Carmen Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro | ||||
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| House | House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies | ||||
| Father | Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta | ||||
| Mother | Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||
Prince Ranieri Maria Gaetano, Duke of Castro (3 December 1883 – 13 January 1973) was a claimant to the headship of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.
Biography
He was born in Cannes, France the ninth child but fifth son of Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta and Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1851–1938). Ranieri for a time served in the Royal Spanish Army.
Following the death of his brother Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria on the 7 January 1960 Prince Ranieri was declared Head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies by all relatives except for Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria and his children, because the Infante's senior branch of the family abdicated their claims in order to be in line for the Spanish throne.[1] He remained head of the house until his death on 13 January 1973 in Lacombe. He handed over the functions associated with the headship of the house to his son in 1966.[2]
Marriage and children
Ranieri married his cousin Countess Maria Carolina Zamoyska (1896–1968) on 12 September 1923 in Vyšné Ružbachy, Slovakia, from the marriage he had two children:
- Princess Maria del Carmen Carolina Antonia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 1924).
- Prince Ferdinando Maria Andrea Alfonso Marcus, Duke of Castro (1926–2008).
Honours
- Grand Master of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George
- Grand Master of the Order of Saint Januarius
- Grand Master of the Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit
- Grand Master of the Royal Order of Francis I
- Grand Master of the Order of Saint George and Reunion
- Knight of the Spanish Order of the Golden Fleece
- Knight of the Order of Saint Hubert of Bavaria
- Knight of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
- Bailiff Grand Cross of Honor and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III
- Knight of the Order of Alcántara
Arms
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Ancestry
References
- ^ Opfell, Olga S. (2001). Royalty Who Wait: The 21 Heads of Formerly Regnant Houses of Europe. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. pp. 37–8. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ The Dynasty to Present Date
External links
- 1883 births
- 1973 deaths
- People from Cannes
- House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
- Princes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
- Pretenders to the throne of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- Dukes of Castro
- Knights of the Golden Fleece
- Knights of Malta
- Knights of the Order of Saint Hubert
- Knights of the Order of Alcántara
- Burials at the Cimetière du Grand Jas
- French Roman Catholics