Prince Pedro, Duke of Calabria

Prince Pedro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria (Spanish: Pedro Juan María Alejo Saturnino y Todos los Santos; born 16 October 1968),^[1][2][3] is the only son of Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria (1938–2015) and his wife, Princess Anne of Orléans.^[4]

Background

Pedro is currently one of two claimants to the headship of the House of the Two Sicilies, since the death of his father on 5 October 2015. The other claimant is Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro. Pedro is Grand Master of the Constantinian Order, Grand Master of the Order of Saint Januarius, President of the Council of the four Spanish Military Orders of Santiago, Calatrava, Alcántara and Montesa, and Grand Commander of the Military Order of Alcántara.^[5]

The death of his grandmother in 2017 additionally made him the heir general of the Kings of Navarre (co-sovereign of Andorra), of Edward the Confessor and David I of Scotland, and genealogical representative of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Louis XIII of France. He graduated with honours in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Castilla-La Mancha and completed his military service in the Spanish Royal Guard.

Professionally, he has worked as a structural engineer, and manages the family estate, La Toledana, in Ciudad Real, Spain.^[4]

Marriage and issue

Pedro married Sofía Landaluce y Melgarejo, daughter of José Manuel Landaluce y Domínguez and his wife Blanca Melgarejo y González (granddaughter of the Duque de San Fernando de Quiroga), in Madrid, Spain on 30 March 2001.^[4] Pedro and Sofia have seven children:^[3]

• Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 26 June 1993),^[4] Duke of Noto (Duke of Capua 2012-2015), Grand Constable of the Order of Saint George and Reunion, Grand Prefect of the Constantinian Order, Knight of Alcántara, Knight of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (born 26 June 1993)
• Prince Juan of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 18 April 2003)
• Prince Pablo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 26 June 2004)
• Prince Pedro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 3 January 2007)^[6]
• Princess Sofía of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 12 November 2008)^[7]
• Princess Blanca of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 7 April 2011)^[8]
• Princess María of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 5 March 2015)

Honours

• Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (1986-2015)^[9]
• Grand Master of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George since 5 November 2015^[10]
• Grand Master of the Order of Saint Januarius since 5 November 2015^[11]
• Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta^[1]
• Grand Commander of the Order of Alcantara (2014)^[12]
• President of the Royal Council of the Spanish Military Orders of Chivalry (Orders of Santiago, Calatrava Alcántara and Montesa) (appointed by HM King Juan Carlos I, 2014)^[12]
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa - Portugal
• Knight of the Royal Maestranza of Ronda
• Knight of the Royal Maestranza of Seville
• Knight of the Royal Maestranza of Granada
• Knight of the Royal Maestranza of Valencia
• Knight of the Royal Maestranza of Zaragoza
• Protector of the Royal Corps of the Nobility of Madrid
• First Knight of the Royal Corps of the Nobility of Catalonia
• Knight of the Royal Military Establishment of the Principality of Gerona and Confraternity of Saint George
• Brother Protector of the Royal Brotherhood of the Infanzones of Illescas
• Knight, Maestrante of Honour and Protector of the Royal Maestranza of Knights of San Fernando
• Knight of the Royal Ancient and Illustrious Confraternity of Cubicularios Knights of San Ildefonso and San Atilano
• Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Illustrious Royal Confraternity of Our Lady of Portillo of Zaragoza
• Protector of the Royal Madrid Academy of Heraldry and Genealogy
• Commander of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise (22 December 2017)^[13]

Other activities

• President of the Foundation for the Protection of Nature
• President of the Foundation Lux Hispaniarum
• President of the Foundation of the Hospital of Santiago de Cuenca
• Patron of the Foundation of Commanderies of Santiago
• Vice-President of the Delegation of the Community of Castilla-La Mancha of the APD
• Director of the corporations AGROCINEGÉTICA B, MONTE JARABA, CEREZUELA Y CONESA, POLMAR, LA MANCHA C Y M, DEHESA DE LA HIGUERA and FAST FALCONS
• Director of FORSTVERWALTUNG GLASHÜTTE, Austria

Arms

• Heraldry of Prince Pedro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
• 
  Coat of Arms as Duke of Noto
  (1968–2015)
• 
  Coat of Arms as Pretender
  (2015–present)
• 
  Coat of Arms in Spain^{[lower-alpha 1]}
  (2015–present)

Ancestry

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