Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón, Duke of Galliera

Don Alfonso
Arms of the Duke of Galliera
Duke of Galliera
Tenure	22 August 1997–present
Predecessor	Infante Alvaro
Born	(1968-01-05) 5 January 1968 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Spouse	Véronique Goeders (div.)
Issue	Don Alonso Juan de Orléans-Borbón y Goeders
Full name Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón y Ferrara-Pignatelli
House	Orléans-Galliera
Father	Don Alonso de Orléans-Borbón y Parodi-Delfino
Mother	Emilia Ferrara-Pignatelli
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Don Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón y Ferrara-Pignatelli, Duke of Galliera (born 2 January 1968) is a Spanish aristocrat and the founder of Racing Engineering, a Spanish racing team.

He was born at Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, as the first son of Alonso de Orléans-Borbón y Parodi-Delfino (elder son of Infante Alvaro, Duke of Galliera and Carla Parodi Delfino) and Emilia Ferrara-Pignatelli (daughter of Vincenzo Ferrara-Pignatelli and Francesca Pulci-Doria).^[1]

Since his father died when he was seven, Alfonso inherited the title of Duke of Galliera from his grandfather, Infante Alvaro.^[2] Despite being a descendant of Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, as a Roman Catholic he is not in the line of succession to the British throne.

He competed at the 1994 and 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing fourth in the GT2 class in his 1994 debut. Alfonso is the president of Racing Engineering, which he founded in 1999.

Marriage and family

Alfonso married the Belgian Véronique Goeders, daughter of Jean-Marie Goeders and Anne-Marie Grosjean, on 28 March 1994. After seven years of marriage, they divorced in 2001.^[3]

They had one child:

• Don Alonso Juan de Orléans-Borbón y Goeders (b. 15 July 1994 at Paris, France)

Ancestry

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