Carlo, Duke of Calabria
Carlo | |||||
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Duke of Calabria | |||||
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Born | Caserta Palace, Kingdom of Naples |
4 January 1775||||
Died | 17 December 1778 Caserta Palace, Kingdom of Naples |
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Burial | Basilica of Santa Chiara, Naples | ||||
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House | House of Bourbon | ||||
Father | Ferdinand IV of Naples | ||||
Mother | Maria Carolina of Austria | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Carlo of Naples and Sicily (Italian: Carlo Tito Francesco Giuseppe; 4 January 1775 – 17 December 1778) was Duke of Calabria as heir to Naples and Sicily.
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Biography
Born at the Caserta Palace[1] near Naples, he was known as the Duke of Calabria at birth as the heir apparent to his father's throne. His mother was a daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and thus sister of Marie Antoinette.
A member of the House of Bourbon, he was a prince of Naples and Sicily by birth. He was the hereditary prince of Naples.[1] His birth allowed his mother to have a place in the Council of State, part of his parents' marriage contract.
Carlo died of smallpox[2] aged 3. Two of his younger siblings would die of smallpox also the said Princess Maria Cristina Amelia who caught it from Prince Giuseppe the two dying within a week of each other.
He was buried at the Church of Santa Chiara in Naples.
Ancestry
Titles, styles, honours and arms
Titles and styles
- 4 January 1775 – 17 December 1778 His Royal Highness Don Carlo, Hereditary Prince of Naples
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 van de Pas, Leo. "Hereditary Prince Carlo of Naples and Sicily, Duke of Calabria". Genealogics.org. Retrieved 2010-02-17.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Dyson. C.C, The Life of Marie Amelie Last Queen of the French, 1782-1866, BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2008, p. 33.
See also
- Articles containing Italian-language text
- 1775 births
- 1778 deaths
- People from Caserta
- House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
- Neapolitan princes
- Heirs apparent who never acceded
- Sicilian princes
- Deaths from smallpox
- Dukes of Calabria
- Burials at the Basilica of Santa Chiara
- Italian Roman Catholics
- Hereditary Princes of Naples
- 18th-century Roman Catholics