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| HRH Infante Don Carlos of Bourbon-Two
Sicilies and Bourbon-Parma,
Duke of Calabria |
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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