Duchess of Calabria

Duchess of Calabria was the traditional title of the wife of the heir apparent of the Kingdom of Naples 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 Duchess of Calabria. In the Spanish context, it is the title for the wife of the head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and in the Italian context it is the title for the wife of the heir to the Duke of Castro, the head of the Royal House.

Capetian House of Anjou[edit]

Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
Yolanda of Aragon	Peter III of Aragon (Barcelona)	1285	23 March 1297	19 August 1302		Robert
Sancha of Majorca	James II of Majorca (Barcelona)	1285	20 September 1304	5 May 1309 became Queen	28 July 1345	Robert
Catherine of Austria	Albert I of Germany (Habsburg)	October 1295	23 June 1316	18 January 1323		Charles
Marie of Valois	Charles, Count of Valois (Valois)	1309	May 1324	9 November 1328 husband's death	23 October 1331	Charles
Joanna suo jure	Charles, Duke of Calabria (Anjou-Naples)	1328	26 September 1333	20 January 1343 couples' accession as King and Queen	22 May 1382	Andrew

House of Valois-Anjou[edit]

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Marie of Blois-Châtillon	Charles, Duke of Brittany (Blois-Châtillon)	1343/5	9 July 1360	29 June 1380 husband's accession	12 May 1382 became Titular Queen	12 November 1404	Louis I of Anjou
	Margaret of Savoy	Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (Savoy)	1410s or 7 August 1420	1424/31 August 1432		12 November 1434 husband's death	30 September 1479	Louis III of Anjou
	Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine	Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (Lorraine)	1400	24 October 1420	12 November 1434 husband's accession	2 February 1435 became Queen	28 February 1453	René of Anjou
After 1442, the Angevin ceased to rule Naples and Rene was the last Angevin to hold and later claim the title of King. All his successors as pretenders used the title Duke of Calabria throughout their life and never pretend to use the title King of Naples unlike the first few Angevin claimants.


Marie de Bourbon	Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (Bourbon)	1428	1444		7 July 1448		John II, Duke of Lorraine
Jeanne de Lorraine	Frederick II of Vaudémont (Lorraine)	1458	21 January 1474		25 January 1480		Charles IV of Anjou
Joan, Countess of Tancarville	William, Count of Tancarville (Harcourt)	–	9 September 1471	24 July 1473 husband's accession	1485 marriage annulled	8 November 1488	René II, Duke of Lorraine
Philippa of Guelders	Adolf, Duke of Guelders (Egmond)	9 November 1467	1 September 1485		10 December 1508 husband's death	26 February 1547	René II, Duke of Lorraine
Renée de Bourbon-Montpensier	Gilbert, Count of Montpensier (Bourbon-Montpensier)	1494	26 June 1515		26 May 1539		Antoine, Duke of Lorraine
Christina of Denmark	Christian II of Denmark (Oldenburg)	November 1521	10 July 1541	14 June 1544 husband's accession	12 June 1545 husband's death	10 December 1590	Francis I, Duke of Lorraine
Claude de Valois	Henry II of France (Valois)	12 November 1547	19 January 1559		21 February 1575		Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
Margerita Gonzaga	Vincent I of Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (Gonzaga)	2 October 1591	24 April 1606	14 May 1608 husband's accession	31 July 1624 husband's death	7 February 1632	Henry II, Duke of Lorraine
Christina of Salm	Paul, Count of Salm (Salm)	May 1575	1597	25 November 1625 husband's accession	1 December 1625 husband's abdication	31 December 1627	Francis II, Duke of Lorraine
Nicolette of Lorraine	Henry II, Duke of Lorraine (Vaudemont)	3 October 1608	23 May 1621	1 December 1625 husband's accession	19 January 1634 husband's abdication	2 February 1657	Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine
Claude of Lorraine	Henry II, Duke of Lorraine (Vaudemont)	12 October 1612	17 February 1634		2 August 1648		Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine
Béatrix de Cusance	Claude François de Cusance, Baron of Belvoir (Cusance)	27 December 1614	9 April 1637	1661 husband's restoration	5 June 1663		Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine
Marie Louise d'Aspremont	Charles II, comte d'Aspremont (Aspremont)	1651/52	1665		18 September 1675 husband's death	23 October 1692	Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine
Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans	Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (Bourbon-Orléans)	13 September 1676	13 October 1698		27 March 1729 husband's death	23 December 1744	Leopold, Duke of Lorraine
Maria Theresa of Austria	Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (Habsburg)	13 May 1717	12 February 1736		18 August 1765 husband's death	29 November 1780	Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
Maria Josepha of Bavaria	Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (Wittelsbach)	30 March 1739	23 January 1765	18 August 1765 husband's accession	28 May 1767		Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
Maria Luisa of Spain	Charles III of Spain (Bourbon)	24 November 1745	5 August 1765	30 September 1790 husband's accession	15 May 1792		Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily	Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (Bourbon)	6 June 1772	15 August 1790	1 March 1792 husband's accession	1804 ?	13 April 1807	Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor

House of Aragon[edit]

Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
Isabella of Clermont	Tristan de Clermont, Count of Copertino	1424	30 May 1444/5	27 June 1458 became Queen	30 March 1465	Duke Ferdinand
Ippolita Maria Sforza	Francesco I Sforza (Sforza)	18 April 1446	10 October 1465	20 August 1484		Duke Alfonso
Trogia Gazzela	–	–	–	–		Duke Alfonso
Germaine of Foix	John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne (Foix-Grailly)	1488	August 1526	18 October 1538		Duke Ferdinand
Mencía de Mendoza	Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza (Mendoza)	30 November 1508	February 1540	26 October 1550 husband's death	4 January 1554	Duke Ferdinand

For the spouse of the heirs of the Kingdom of Naples between 1504 and 1747; see Princess of Asturias

House of Bourbon[edit]

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Infanta María Isabella of Spain	Charles IV of Spain (Bourbon-Spain)	6 July 1789	6 July 1802	12 December 1816 revival of title	4 January 1825 became Queen	13 September 1848	Francis I
	Duchess Maria Sophie in Bavaria	Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria (Wittelsbach)	4 October 1841	3 February 1859		22 May 1859 became Queen	19 January 1925	Prince Francis

Titular Duchess of Calabria[edit]

House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies[edit]

Main line claim (1894–1960)[edit]

Picture	Name	Parents	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Countess of Caserta	Prince Francis, Count of Trapani and Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria (Bourbon-Two Sicilies)	16 March 1851	8 June 1868	27 December 1894 husband's accession	26 May 1934 husband's death	12 September 1938	Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
	Princess Maria Ludwiga of Bavaria	Ludwig III of Bavaria and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (Wittelsbach)	6 July 1872	31 May 1897	26 May 1934 husband's accession	10 June 1954		Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria

Spanish line claim (since 1960)[edit]

To date there is no sovereign or national state that recognizes such titles to the French-Neapolitan (and fifth son) branch of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and any claim to this effect by the Dukes of Castro is the result only of self-produced documentation. The only Ducal titles of Calabria, as described below, are recognized only to the Spanish-Neapolitan branch, and this by judgments of 8 March 1984,^[1] then 2012^[2] and 2014 by government authorities of the Kingdom of Spain. Even the Italy recognizes the Ducal titles of Calabria to the Spanish-Neapolitan branch and this with a judgment on the sidelines of the hearing of 8 May 1961 at the Court of Naples.^[3]

Name	Parents	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma	Elias I, Duke of Parma and Piacenza and Arcduchess Maria Anna of Austria-Teschen (Bourbon-Parma)	13 November 1917	16 April 1936	7 January 1960 husband's accession	3 February 1964 husband's death	28 March 2017	Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria
Princess Anne d'Orléans	Prince Henri, Count of Paris and Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (Orléans)	4 December 1938	12 May 1965		5 October 2015 husband's death	–	Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria
Sofía Landaluce y Melgarejo	José Manuel Landaluce y Domínguez and María de las Nieves Blanca Melgarejo y González	23 November 1973	30 March 2001	5 October 2015 husband's accession	Incumbent	–	Prince Pedro, Duke of Calabria

References[edit]

^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.constantinianorder.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Transcription in Castilian language: http://www.docelinajes.org/2013/05/comentarios-a-la-instruccion-general-0612-del-jeme-del-ejercito-de-tierra-sobre-autorizacion-de-uso-en-el-uniforme-de-recompensas-civiles-y-militares/ Archived 9 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine
^ To consult the text La maison royale des deux Sicilies, l'Ordre Constantinien de Saint Georges et l'Ordre de Saint Janvier, 1964. The author is the Marquis de Villareal de Alava.

Sources[edit]

[1] "Archived copy" (PDF). www.constantinianorder.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Transcription in Castilian language: http://www.docelinajes.org/2013/05/comentarios-a-la-instruccion-general-0612-del-jeme-del-ejercito-de-tierra-sobre-autorizacion-de-uso-en-el-uniforme-de-recompensas-civiles-y-militares/ Archived 9 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine

[3] To consult the text La maison royale des deux Sicilies, l'Ordre Constantinien de Saint Georges et l'Ordre de Saint Janvier, 1964. The author is the Marquis de Villareal de Alava.

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