Duchess of Calabria

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Duchess of Calabria was the traditional title of the wife of the heir apparent of the Kingdom of Naples after the accession of Robert of Naples. It was also adopted by the heads of certain Houses that had once claimed the Kingdom of Naples in lieu of the royal title.

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There are at present two claimants to the title of Duchess of Calabria. In the Spanish context, it is the title for the wife of the head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and in the Italian context it is the title for the wife of the heir to the Duke of Castro, the head of the Royal House.

Capetian House of Anjou

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeath Spouse
Aragon arms.svg Yolanda of Aragon Peter III of Aragon
(Barcelona)
128523 March 129719 August 1302 Robert
Sanchamallorka.jpg Sancha of Majorca James II of Majorca
(Barcelona)
128520 September 13045 May 1309
became Queen
28 July 1345
Katerina kalabrie.jpg Catherine of Austria Albert I of Germany
(Habsburg)
October 129523 June 131618 January 1323 Charles
Blason comte fr Valois.svg Marie of Valois Charles, Count of Valois
(Valois)
1309May 13249 November 1328
husband's death
23 October 1331
Joan I of Naples (head).jpg Joanna
suo jure
Charles, Duke of Calabria
(Anjou-Naples)
132826 September 133320 January 1343
couples' accession as King and Queen
22 May 1382 Andrew

House of Valois-Anjou

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeath Spouse
Louis Marie.jpg Marie of Blois-Châtillon Charles, Duke of Brittany
(Blois-Châtillon)
1343/59 July 136029 June 1380
husband's accession
12 May 1382
became Titular Queen
12 November 1404 Louis I of Anjou
DH-Ulrich der Vielgeliebte Gattinnen.jpg Margaret of Savoy Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy
(Savoy)
1410s or 7 August 14201424/31 August 143212 November 1434
husband's death
30 September 1479 Louis III of Anjou
IsabelaLorraine.jpg Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine Charles II, Duke of Lorraine
(Lorraine)
140024 October 142012 November 1434
husband's accession
2 February 1435
became Queen
28 February 1453 René of Anjou
After 1442, the Angevin ceased to rule Naples and Rene was the last Angevin to hold and later claim the title of King. All his successors as pretenders used the title Duke of Calabria throughout their life and never pretend to use the title King of Naples unlike the first few Angevin claimants.

House of Aragon

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeath Spouse
Blason Famille de-Clermont-Lodeve.svg Isabella of Clermont Tristan de Clermont, Count of Copertino 142430 May 1444/527 June 1458
became Queen
30 March 1465 Duke Ferdinand
Francesco Laurana pushkin.jpg Ippolita Maria Sforza Francesco I Sforza
(Sforza)
18 April 144610 October 146520 August 1484 Duke Alfonso
Coa fam ITA gazola2.jpg Trogia Gazzela
Germaine de Foix1.jpg Germaine of Foix John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne
(Foix-Grailly)
1488August 152618 October 1538 Duke Ferdinand
Escudo de Valoria la Buena.svg Mencía de Mendoza Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza
(Mendoza)
30 November 1508February 154026 October 1550
husband's death
4 January 1554
For the spouse of the heirs of the Kingdom of Naples between 1504 and 1747; see Princess of Asturias

House of Bourbon

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeath Spouse
Maria Isabella di Spagna 01.jpg Infanta María Isabella of Spain Charles IV of Spain
(Bourbon-Spain)
6 July 17896 July 180212 December 1816
revival of title
4 January 1825
became Queen
13 September 1848 Francis I
Maria Hertogin in Beieren 1841 1925.jpg Duchess Maria Sophie in Bavaria Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
4 October 18413 February 185922 May 1859
became Queen
19 January 1925 Prince Francis

Titular Duchess of Calabria

House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Main line claim (1894–1960)

PictureNameParentsBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeath Spouse
Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.jpg Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Countess of Caserta Prince Francis, Count of Trapani
and
Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria

(Bourbon-Two Sicilies)
16 March 18518 June 186827 December 1894
husband's accession
26 May 1934
husband's death
12 September 1938 Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
MariaNeapels.jpg Princess Maria Ludwiga of Bavaria Ludwig III of Bavaria
and
Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este

(Wittelsbach)
6 July 187231 May 189726 May 1934
husband's accession
10 June 1954 Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria

Spanish line claim (since 1960)

To date there is no sovereign or national state that recognizes such titles to the French-Neapolitan (and fifth son) branch of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and any claim to this effect by the Dukes of Castro is the result only of self-produced documentation. The only Ducal titles of Calabria, as described below, are recognized only to the Spanish-Neapolitan branch, and this by judgments of 8 March 1984, [1] then 2012 [2] and 2014 by government authorities of the Kingdom of Spain. Even the Italy recognizes the Ducal titles of Calabria to the Spanish-Neapolitan branch and this with a judgment on the sidelines of the hearing of 8 May 1961 at the Court of Naples. [3]

PictureNameParentsBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeath Spouse
Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria.jpg Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma Elias I, Duke of Parma and Piacenza
and
Arcduchess Maria Anna of Austria-Teschen

(Bourbon-Parma)
13 November 191716 April 19367 January 1960
husband's accession
3 February 1964
husband's death
28 March 2017 Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria
Calabria-Barcelona.jpg Princess Anne d'Orléans Prince Henri, Count of Paris
and
Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza

(Orléans)
4 December 193812 May 19655 October 2015
husband's death
Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria
Coat of Arms of Sofia, Duchess of Calabria.svg Sofía Landaluce y MelgarejoJosé Manuel Landaluce y Domínguez
and
María de las Nieves Blanca Melgarejo y González
23 November 197330 March 20015 October 2015
husband's accession
Incumbent Prince Pedro, Duke of Calabria

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References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). www.constantinianorder.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Transcription in Castilian language: http://www.docelinajes.org/2013/05/comentarios-a-la-instruccion-general-0612-del-jeme-del-ejercito-de-tierra-sobre-autorizacion-de-uso-en-el-uniforme-de-recompensas-civiles-y-militares/ Archived 9 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  3. To consult the text La maison royale des deux Sicilies, l'Ordre Constantinien de Saint Georges et l'Ordre de Saint Janvier, 1964. The author is the Marquis de Villareal de Alava.

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