Duke of Calabria was the traditional title of the

heir apparent An heir apparent is a person who is first in the order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person. A person who is first in the current order of succession but could be displaced by the birth of a more e ...

of the

Kingdom of Naples The Kingdom of Naples (; ; ), officially the Kingdom of Sicily, was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816. It was established by the War of the Sicilian Vespers (1282–1302). Until ...

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. There are at present two claimants to the title of Duke of Calabria. In the Spanish context, it is the title for the head of the

House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies The House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies is a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon that ruled Southern Italy and Sicily for more than a century in the 18th and 19th centuries. It descends from the Capetian dynasty in legitimate male line through Phili ...

, and in the French context it is the title for the heir to the Duke of Castro, the head of the Royal House. Complete Guide to Heraldry Fig443 col

House of Angiò

* bef. 1297–1309:

Robert The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, prais ...

, son of

Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''* ...

* 1309–1328:

, son of Robert * 1333–1343:

Joanna Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from from . Variants in English include Joan, Joann, Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in English are Jan, Jane, Janet, Janice, Jean, and Jeanne. The earliest recorded occurrence of th ...

, daughter of Charles, jointly with her husband Andrew of Hungary * 1343-1345: Andrew of Hungary, as husband of Queen Joanna I * 1345-1348:

Charles Martel Charles Martel (; – 22 October 741), ''Martel'' being a sobriquet in Old French for "The Hammer", was a Franks, Frankish political and military leader who, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was the de facto ruler of ...

, son of Andrew and Joanna I * 1381–1382 Louis I of Naples * 1382–1384 Louis II of Naples * 1403–1417 Louis III of Naples * 1426–1434 Louis III of Naples

House of Lorraine

* 1434–1435 René I of Naples * 1435–1470 John II, Duke of Lorraine * 1470–1473 Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine * 1473–1481 Charles IV, Duke of Anjou * 1481–1493

René II, Duke of Lorraine René II (2 May 1451 – 10 December 1508) was Count of Vaudémont from 1470, Duke of Lorraine from 1473, and Duke of Bar from 1483 to 1508. He claimed the crown of the Kingdom of Naples and the County of Provence as the Duke of Calabria ...

* 1493–1544

Antoine, Duke of Lorraine Antoine (4 June 148914 June 1544), known as the Good, was Duke of Lorraine from 1508 until his death in 1544. Raised at the French court, Antoine would campaign in Italy twice: once under Louis XII and the other with Francis I. During the G ...

* 1544–1545 Francis I, Duke of Lorraine * 1545–1608

Charles III, Duke of Lorraine Charles III (18 February 1543 – 14 May 1608), known as ''the Great'', was Duke of Lorraine from 1545 until his death. Life He was the eldest surviving son of Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, and Christina of Denmark. In 1545, his father died, a ...

* 1608–1624 Henry II, Duke of Lorraine * 1624 Francis II, Duke of Lorraine * 1624–1634 Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine * 1634–1661 Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine * 1661–1675 Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine * 1675–1690 Charles V, Duke of Lorraine * 1690–1729 Leopold, Duke of Lorraine * 1729–1765 Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor * 1765–1790

Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II (13 March 1741 – 20 February 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from 18 August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 29 November 1780 until his death. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Francis I, ...

* 1790–1804

Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II (Peter Leopold Josef Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard; 5 May 1747 – 1 March 1792) was the penultimate Holy Roman Emperor, as well as King of Hungary, Croatia and King of Bohemia, Bohemia, and List of rulers of Austria, Archduke of Austri ...

House of Aragon

* 1458-1494

Alfonso II of Naples Alfonso II (4 November 1448 – 18 December 1495) was Duke of Calabria and ruled as King of Naples from 25 January 1494 to 23 January 1495. He was a soldier and a patron of Renaissance architecture and the arts. Heir to his father Fe ...

* 1494–1550 Ferdinand of Aragón * 1501–1504

Ferdinand II of Aragon Ferdinand II, also known as Ferdinand I, Ferdinand III, and Ferdinand V (10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516), called Ferdinand the Catholic, was King of Aragon from 1479 until his death in 1516. As the husband and co-ruler of Queen Isabella I of ...

House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Coat of Arms of the Crown Prince of the Two Sicilies

As royal title for the heir apparent to the throne: * 1747–1777 Infante Felipe (or Philip) (excluded from succession due to mental illness) * 1777–1778 Prince Carlo (died as an infant in 1778) * 1778–1825

Francis I of the Two Sicilies Francis I of the Two Sicilies (; 19 August 1777 – 8 November 1830) was King of the Two Sicilies from 1825 to 1830 and regent of the Kingdom of Sicily from 1806 to 1814. Early life Francis was born the son of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicili ...

(title dropped on accession to the throne) * 1825–1830

Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies Ferdinand II (; ; ; 12 January 1810 – 22 May 1859) was King of the Two Sicilies from 1830 until his death in 1859. Family Ferdinand was born in Palermo to King Francis I of the Two Sicilies and his second wife Maria Isabella of Spain. ...

(title dropped on accession to the throne) * 1836–1859 Francis II of the Two Sicilies (title dropped on accession to the throne) * 1894–1934 Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta (he never used the title) As customary title of the head of the House: * 1934–1960 Prince Ferdinand Pius

Spanish title claimants of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

As customary title of the claimant to the headship of the House: * 1960–1964 Infante Alfonso * 1964–2015 Infante Carlos * 2015–present Prince Pedro

French title claimants of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

As customary title for the heir of the claimant to the headship of the House: * 1973–2008 Prince Carlo (title dropped on succeeding his father as claimant to the headship) * 2016–present Princess Maria Carolina

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Duke Of Calabria Calabria, Duke of

Calabria Calabria is a Regions of Italy, region in Southern Italy. It is a peninsula bordered by the region Basilicata to the north, the Ionian Sea to the east, the Strait of Messina to the southwest, which separates it from Sicily, and the Tyrrhenian S ...

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