Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro

Prince Ranieri
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	(1883-12-03)3 December 1883 Cannes, France
Died	Lacombe, France
Burial	Cimetière du Grand Jas, Cannes
Spouse	Countess Maria Carolina Zamoyska
Issue	Princess Maria del Carmen Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro
Full name Italian: Ranieri Maria Benito Giuseppe Labaro Gaetano Francesco Saverio Barbara Niccolo et omnes sancti di Borbonecode: it is deprecated
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. 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.

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

Heraldry of Prince Ranieri
170px 280px Prince Rainieri's arms Until 1960 Prince Rainieri's arms used in Spain Prince Ranieri's arms as head of the Royal House 1960-1973

Ancestry

Family of Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro

16. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies               8. Francis I of the Two Sicilies                       17. Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria               4. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies                             18. Charles IV of Spain               9. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain                       19. Maria Luisa of Parma               2. Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta                                   20. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor               10. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen                       21. Infanta Maria Louisa of Spain               5. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria                             22. Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg               11. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg                       23. Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg               1. Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro                                         24. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (= 16)               12. Francis I of the Two Sicilies (= 8)                       25. Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (= 17)               6. Prince Francis, Count of Trapani                             26. Charles IV of Spain (= 18)               13. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain (= 9)                       27. Maria Luisa of Parma (= 19)               3. Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies                                   28. Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany               14. Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany                       29. Princess Luisa of the Two Sicilies               7. Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria                             30. Francis I of the Two Sicilies (= 8)               15. Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies                       31. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain (= 9)

External links

• Royal House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Cadet branch of the House of Bourbon Born: 3 December 1883 Died: 13 January 1973
Italian nobility
Preceded by First in line	Duke of Castro 7 January 1960 – 13 January 1973	Succeeded by Prince Ferdinand
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Ferdinand Pius	— TITULAR — King of the Two Sicilies 7 January 1960 – 13 January 1973 Reason for succession failure: Italian Unification under the House of Savoy	Succeeded by Ferdinand

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