Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria

Infante Alfonso
Duke of Calabria, Count of Caserta
Portrayed wearing the uniform of the Regimiento de Húsares de la Princesa, c. 1915
Head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (disputed)
Tenure7 January 1960 – 3 February 1964
PredecessorPrince Ferdinand Pius
SuccessorInfante Carlos
Born(1901-11-30)30 November 1901
Madrid, Spain
Died3 February 1964(1964-02-03) (aged 62)
Madrid, Spain
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1936)
Issue
Names
Italian: Alfonso Maria Leo Christinus Alfonso di Liguori Antonio Francesco Saverio di Borbone delle Due Sicilie
HouseBourbon-Two Sicilies
FatherPrince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
MotherMaría de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias
ReligionRoman Catholic

Infante Alfonso of Spain, Prince of the Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria (30 November 1901 – 3 February 1964) was one of two claimants to the title of the head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies from 1960 until his death in 1964. Alfonso was the son of Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1870–1949) and his wife, María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (1880–1904). He was born and died in Madrid, Spain.

Alfonso's mother was María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, but she died in childbirth in 1904. Alfonso XIII, King of Spain was unmarried at the time so as the Princess of the Asturias's eldest son, the young infante became heir-presumptive to the Spanish crown, though, unlike his mother, he never held the title of Prince of Asturias.[1] He was heir-presumptive until the birth of his cousin, Alfonso in 1907, to Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenie.

  1. ^ Por Real Decreto del 17 de octubre de 1904, gozó de todos los honores que le correspondían como heredero de la Corona, pero nunca ostentó el título de Príncipe de Asturias