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His
Royal Highness the
Infante of Spain Don
Carlos of Bourbon-Two
Sicilies &
Bourbon-
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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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Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
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