Infante Alvaro, Duke of Galliera

Infante Alvaro
Infante Alvaro de Orleans in his father's arm.
Duke of Galliera
Tenure 14 July 1937 – 22 August 1997
Predecessor Infante Alfonso
Successor Don Alfonso
Born (1910-04-20)20 April 1910
Coburg
Died 22 August 1997(1997-08-22) (aged 87)
Monte Carlo
Spouse Carla Parodi Delfino (1937-1997)
Issue Doña Gerarda de Orléans-Borbón y Parodi Delfino
Don Alonso de Orléans-Borbón y Parodi Delfino
Doña Beatriz de Orléans-Borbón y Parodi Delfino
Don Alvaro Jaime de Orléans-Borbón y Parodi Delfino
Full name
Alvaro Antonio Fernando Carlos Felipe de Orleans y Sajonia-Coburgo-Gotha
House Orléans-Galliera
Father Infante Alfonso, Duke of Galliera
Mother Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Religion Roman Catholicism

Prince Álvaro Antonio Fernando Carlos Felipe de Orleans y Sajonia-Coburgo-Gotha, Duke of Galliera (20 April 1910 – 22 August 1997) was the 6th Duke of Galliera.

He was born at Coburg, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, German Empire. The first son of Infante Alfonso, Duke of Galliera (elder son of Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera and of Infanta Eulalia of Spain) and Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (youngest daughter of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia).[1]

Prince Alvaro, succeeded to the title of Duke of Galliera on 14 July 1937.[2] He died at the age of 87, making him the last surviving child of Infante Alfonso and Princess Beatrice, as well the last surviving grandchild of Prince Alfred and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna. The Duchess of Galliera survived him by three years, dying in 2000 at the age of 90.[3]

As his son Alonso died in 1975 at the age of 34, his grandson Alfonso inherited the Dukedom of Galliera.

Marriage and family

Prince Alvaro married Carla Parodi-Delfino (born 13 December 1909 in Milan, Italy, died 27 July 2000 in Sanlúcar, Spain), daughter of the nobile Leopoldo Girolamo Parodi-Delfino, Senator of the Kingdom of Italy, and Lucie Henny, on 10 July 1937 at Rome, Italy.[4]

They had four children:

  • Doña Gerarda de Orléans-Borbón y Parodi-Delfino (born 25 August 1939 in Rome, Italy), married Harry Freeman Saint (born 13 February 1941 in New York City, New York, United States) on 26 July 1963, had two children, and divorced in 1977. She married secondly Ignacio Romero y Solís-Beaumont, 6th Marqués de Marchelina in 1990, no issue. Her children with Harry Freeman Saint are:
    • Carla d'Orléans-Borbón Saint (born 22 May 1967 in New York City, New York, United States), married John Stephen Lilly (born 20 March 1965 in Chicago, Illinois, United States) on 19 September 1992 in Riverdale, New York, no issue, divorced in 2001. She married secondly Nicolás de Haro y Fernández de Córdoba (born 13 October 1965 in Seville, Spain) on 23 June 2001 in Spain, and had three children:
      • Nicolás de Haro y Saint (born 1 January 2001 in Seville, Spain)
      • Sofia de Haro y Saint (born 19 May 2004 in Seville)
      • Mateo de Haro y Saint (born 10 May 2007 in Seville)
    • Marc d'Orléans-Borbón Saint (born 20 March 1969), married Dorothée Sophie Horps (born 17 February 1968 in Rennes, France) on 6 July 1991 in Murs, France, no issue, and divorced in 1995. He married secondly Amparo Barón y Fernández de Cordova (born 4 December 1968 in Seville, Spain) on 22 May 2009 in Seville, no issue. He had a son before his marriages with Terese Campogna:
      • Christopher Saint-Campogna (born 7 August 1990)
  • Don Alonso de Orléans-Borbón y Parodi-Delfino (born 23 August 1941 in Rome, Italy, died 6 September 1975 in Houston, Texas, USA), married Donna Emilia Ferrara Pignatelli, dei Principi di Strongoli (born 6 April 1940 in Naples, Italy, died 22 December 1999 in Naples) on 12 January 1966 in Naples, and had two sons:
  • Doña Beatriz de Orléans-Borbón y Parodi-Delfino (born 27 April 1943 in Seville, Spain), married Tommaso dei Conti Farini (born 16 September 1938 in Turin, Italy) on 25 April 1964 in Rome, Italy, and had two children:
    • Gerardo Alfonso dei Conti Farini (born 23 November 1967 in Bologna, Italy), married Délia Mittempergher in 2007 and had two daughters:
      • Luisa Farini
      • Alessandra Farini
    • Elena Gioia dei Conti Farini (born 27 October 1969 in Rome, Italy), married Joaquin de Haro y Fernández de Córdova (born 23 June 1971 in Seville, Spain) on 19 June 1999 in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain, and had two children:
      • Claudia de Haro y Farini (born 28 December 2000 in Madrid, Spain)
      • Tomás de Haro y Farini (born 12 September 2003 in Madrid)
  • Alvaro-Jaime de Orléans-Borbón y Parodi-Delfino (born 1 March 1947 in Rome, Italy), married Giovanna San Martino d'Agliè dei Marchesi di San Germano (niece of Queen Paola of Belgium, born 10 April 1945 in Campiglione, Italy) on 24 May 1974 in Campiglione, and divorced. He married second, Antonella Rendina (born 1969) on 28 December 2007. He has three children with his first wife:
    • Pilar de Orléans-Borbón y San Martino d'Agliè (born 27 May 1975 in Rome, Italy), married Nicholas Henderson-Stewart (born 1974) in June 2006, and has six children:
      • Felix Henderson-Stewart (born 2007)
      • Louis Henderson-Stewart (born 2008)
      • Daria Henderson-Stewart (born 2009 in Brussels, Belgium)
      • Xenia Henderson-Stewart (born 10 February 2011 in Brussels)
      • James Henderson-Stewart (born 2012)
      • Pedro Henderson-Stewart (born 2014)
    • Andrés de Orléans-Borbón y San Martino d'Agliè (born 7 July 1976 in Rome, Italy), married Anne-Laure van Exter on 30 January 2009 in London, England, with two children:
      • Ines de Orleáns-Borbón y van Exter (born 30 January 2010 in London)
      • Eugenia de Orleáns-Borbón y van Exter (born 7 March 2011 in London)
    • Alois de Orléans-Borbón y San Martino d'Agliè (born 24 March 1979 in Rome, Italy), married Guadalupe Solis Jabón (born 17 February 1978 in Ciudad Real, Spain) on 28 June 2008 in Asti, Italy, and had one son:
      • Alonso de Orléans y Solís (born 23 March 2010 in Madrid)
Alvaro-Jaime also has one daughter from his second marriage:

Arms

Ancestry

Notes and sources

  1. ↑ The Peerage – Antonio, 6th Duke of Galliera
  2. ↑ Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants, page 204.
  3. ↑ Ok Google: Carla Parodi Delfino age
  4. ↑ Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987), page 200. Hereinafter cited as Queen Victoria's Descendants.
Infante Alvaro, Duke of Galliera
Cadet branch of the House of Bourbon
Born: 20 April 1910 Died: 22 August 1997
Italian nobility
Preceded by
Infante Alfonso		 Duke of Galliera
14 July 1937 – 2 June 1946		 Succeeded by
Republic declared
Titles in pretence
Loss of title
 — TITULAR —
Duke of Galliera
2 June 1946 – 22 August 1997
Reason for succession failure:
Italian nobility titles abolished		 Succeeded by
Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón
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