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, signature = Firma de Carlos de Borbón.svg Don Carlos, Prince of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infante of Spain (Full Italian name: ''Carlo Maria Francesco d'Assisi Pasquale Ferdinando Antonio di Padova Francesco de Paola Alfonso Andrea Avelino Tancredi, Principe di Borbone delle Due Sicilie, Infante di Spagna''; 10 November 1870 – 11 November 1949) was the son of Prince Alfonso of the Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta and his wife

, and nephew of the last

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, Francis II.

Marriages and children

On 14 February 1901 in

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, Carlos married Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, elder daughter of the late King

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and of his wife Archduchess

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. Mercedes was the elder sister and heir presumptive to King

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, an unmarried teenager. A week before the wedding, on 7 February, Carlos was given the title of ''Infante of Spain''. Carlos and Mercedes had three children: * Don Alfonso, Prince of the Two Sicilies, Infante of Spain (1901–1964). * Don Fernando of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1903–1905), died in

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one year after his mother's death. * Doña Isabella Alfonsa, Princess of the Two Sicilies, Infanta of Spain (1904–1985). Married Count Jan Kanty Zamoyski (1900–1961) and had issue. Mercedes died in childbirth in 1904. In 1907, Carlos married secondly to

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, daughter of Prince Philippe, Count of Paris. The couple had four children: * Don Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1908–1936). Killed in the

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. * Doña María de los Dolores of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1909–1996). In 1937, she married Prince Augustyn Józef Czartoryski (1907–1946) and had one surviving son,

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. She remarried to Carlos Chias on 1950. * Doña María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1910–2000) who married Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona and became King Juan Carlos I of Spain's mother. * Doña María de la Esperanza of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1914–2005), who married Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza. Prince Carlos's descendants include King Felipe VI of Spain, Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, Prince Pedro Carlos of Orléans-Braganza, and Prince Peter of Yugoslavia, among others.

Military service

Carlos served in the

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in the

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and received the Military Order of Maria Cristina."Carlos of Bourbon Dead in Spain at 79", ''

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'' (12 November 1949): 15. Eventually he rose to the rank of

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Carlos de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y su mujer

Two Sicilies succession

In 1894, Carlos's father Alfonso became the head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. On marrying his first wife, Carlos renounced his rights of succession to the Crown of Two Sicilies on 14 December 1900. In 1960, Carlos's older brother Ferdinand died without male issue, and Carlos' son Alfonso reclaimed his rights. However, Carlos's younger brother Ranieri objected and also claimed rights based on the renunciation of 1900. The dispute is still not resolved. While most royal houses in Europe recognize the claim of Ranieri's descendants, the Spanish Royal House recognizes the claim of Carlos's descendants.

Honours

* : ** Knight of the Distinguished

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, ''7 February 1901''Boletín Oficial del Estado
/ref> ** Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished Order of Charles III, with Collar, ''7 February 1901'' ** Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic, ''7 February 1901'' ** Grand Commander of the Order of Alcántara, ''21 March 1901'' ** Grand Cross of the Order of Military Merit, with Red Decoration, ''4 May 1910'' ** Grand Cross of the Order of Naval Merit, with White Decoration, ''10 October 1923'' ** Grand Cross of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Hermenegild, ''8 July 1929'' ** Grand Cross of the Military Order of Maria Cristina ** Knight of the Royal Nobility Corps of the Principality of Girona * : Knight of the Royal Order of Saint Hubert, ''1897'' *

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: Knight of the Order of the Royal House of Chakri, ''8 June 1902'' * : Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (civil), ''27 January 1903''

Ancestry

References

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