Duchess of Calabria
Introduction '''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  Picture Name  Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse 100px Yolanda of Aragon  (Barcelona) 1285  23 March 1297  19 August 1302 Robert 100px Sancha of Majorca  (Barcelona) 1285  20 September 1304 5 May 1309''became Queen'' 28 July 1345 100px Catherine of Austria  (Habsburg) October 1295 23 June 1316 18 January 1323 Charles 100px Marie of Valois  (Valois) 1309 May 1324 9 November 1328''husband's death'' 23 October 1331 100px Joanna''suo jure''  (Anjou-Naples) 1328 26 September 1333 20 January 1343''couples' accession as King and Queen'' 22 May 1382 Andrew
House of Valois-Anjou  Picture Name  Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse 100px Marie of Blois-Châtillon  (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 100px Margaret 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 100px Isabella, Duchess 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. Angevin Duchess of Calabria 100px  Marie de Bourbon (Bourbon) 1428 1444   7 July 1448 John II, Duke of Lorraine 100px Jeanne de Lorraine  (Lorraine) 1458 21 January 1474  25 January 1480 Charles IV of Anjou 100px  Joan, Countess of Tancarville (Harcourt) – 9 September 1471    24 July 1473''husband's accession'' 1485''marriage annulled'' 8 November 1488 René II, Duke of Lorraine 100px  Philippa of Guelders (Egmond) 9 November 1467  1 September 1485 10 December 1508''husband's death'' 26 February 1547 100px  Renée de Bourbon-Montpensier (Bourbon-Montpensier) 1494  26 June 1515 26 May 1539  Antoine, Duke of Lorraine 100px  Christina 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 100px  Claude de Valois (Valois) 12 November 1547  19 January 1559 21 February 1575  Charles III, Duke of Lorraine 100px  Margerita Gonzaga (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 100px  Christina 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 100px  Nicolette 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 100px  Claude of Lorraine (Vaudemont) 12 October 1612 17 February 1634   2 August 1648 Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine 100px  Béatrix de Cusance (Cusance) 27 December 1614   9 April 1637   1661''husband's restoration'' 5 June 1663 Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine 100px  Marie Louise d'Aspremont (Aspremont) 1651/52 1665  18 September 1675''husband's death'' 23 October 1692 100px  Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (Bourbon-Orléans) 13 September 1676  13 October 1698    27 March 1729''husband's death'' 23 December 1744  Leopold, Duke of Lorraine 100px  Maria Theresa of Austria (Habsburg) 13 May 1717  12 February 1736   18 August 1765''husband's death'' 29 November 1780 Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor 100px  Maria Josepha of Bavaria (Wittelsbach) 30 March 1739  23 January 1765 18 August 1765''husband's accession'' 28 May 1767 Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor 100px  Maria Luisa of Spain (Bourbon) 24 November 1745 5 August 1765 30 September 1790''husband's accession'' 15 May 1792 Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor 100px Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (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  Picture Name  Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse 100px Isabella of Clermont  1424  30 May 1444/5 27 June 1458''became Queen'' 30 March 1465 Duke Ferdinand 100px Ippolita Maria Sforza  (Sforza) 18 April 1446 10 October 1465 20 August 1484 Duke Alfonso 100px Trogia Gazzela – – – – 100px ''Germaine of Foix''  (Foix-Grailly) 1488 August 1526 18 October 1538 Duke Ferdinand 100px ''Mencía de Mendoza''  (Mendoza) 30 November 1508 February 1540 26 October 1550''husband's death'' 4 January 1554:For the spouse of the heirs of the Kingdom of Naples between 1504 and 1747; see Princess of Asturias
House of Bourbon  Picture Name  Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse 100px Infanta María Isabella 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 100px Duchess Maria Sophie in Bavaria (Wittelsbach) 4 October 1841 3 February 1859 22 May 1859''became Queen'' 19 January 1925 Prince Francis
Titular Duchess of Calabria === House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies ======= Main line claim (1894–1960) ==== Picture Name  Parents Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse 100px Princess Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Countess of Caserta (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 100px Princess Maria Ludwiga of Bavaria (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) ====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, then 2012 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. Picture Name  Parents Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse 130px Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma (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 100px Princess Anne d'Orléans (Orléans) 4 December 1938     12 May 1965 5 October 2015''husband's death'' – Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria 100px Sofía Landaluce y Melgarejo  23 November 1973 30 March 2001 5 October 2015''husband's accession'' '''Incumbent''' – Prince Pedro, Duke of Calabria
See also *List of consorts of Naples*List of consorts of the Two Sicilies*Princess of Taranto
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