Religion Roman Catholicism | Name Princess Duchess | |
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Issue Princess CristinaMaria, Archduchess of AustriaPrince Pedro, Duke of NotoPrincess InesPrincess Victoria Father Prince Henri, Count of Paris Mother Princess Isabelle of Orleans-Braganza Children Prince Pedro, Duke of Noto Parents Henri, Count of Paris, Princess Isabelle of Orleans-Braganza Siblings Henri d'Orleans, Count of Paris Grandchildren Pedro Lopez-Quesada y de Borbon-Dos Sicilias Similar People Infante Carlos - Duke of C, Prince Pedro - Duke of N, Infanta Alicia - Duchess, Henri - Count of Paris, Princess Isabelle of Orleans‑Braganza | ||
Princess Anne of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Dowager Duchess of Calabria (née Princess Anne of Orléans; born 4 December 1938, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Belgium) is the widow of Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria. Princess Anne is the third daughter and fifth child of Prince Henri, Count of Paris (1908–1999), Orleanist claimant to the defunct French throne, and his wife Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (1911–2003).
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Marriage
On 12 May 1965, at Dreux, France, Princess Anne married Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria (1938-2015), one of the two claimants to be Head of the Royal House of the Two Sicilies. The bride wore a Balmain silk gown of Lyonnaise lace, embroidered with fleurs de lys.
Prince Carlos was the son of Infante Alfonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria (1901–1964) and Princess Alice of Bourbon-Parma (1917-2017). Though they had known each other since childhood, their romantic relationship began in Athens, in 1962, at the wedding of the future King Juan Carlos of Spain to Princess Sophia of Greece, at which Princess Anne was a bridesmaid.
The Duke and Duchess of Calabria lived in Spain.
Children
Anne and Carlos had five children: