カストロ系(旧)両シチリア王室当主カストロ公爵カルロ王子殿下一家が、アメリカ合衆国大統領ドナルド・トランプ閣下と写真を撮った模様。撮っただけ?(2018年3月)

 2018年3月24日、カストロ系の両シチリア王室当主/カストロ公爵/ブルボン=両シチリア王子カルロ殿下(His Royal Highness Prince CharlesCarlo】 of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro)が、アメリカ合衆国大統領ドナルド・J・トランプ閣下(The Honorable Donald J. Trump)と写真を撮ったようです。

 王室公式サイト掲載の写真によれば、
 妻のカストロ公爵夫人カミッラ妃殿下(Her Royal Highness Princess Camilla of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Castro)、
 長女のカラブリア女公爵/パレルモ女公爵マリア・カロリーナ王女殿下(Her Royal Highness Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Calabria and Duchess of Palermo)
 次女のノート女公爵/カプリ女公爵マリア・キアラ王女殿下(Her Royal Highness Princess Maria Chiara of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Noto and Duchess of Capri)
 が同行しています。
 記事を見る限り、写真を撮っただけみたいですが……。

 

 (英語:両シチリア王室カストロ系公式サイト)TRH Prince Charles and Princess Camilla of Bourbon Two Sicilies and their daughters Maria Carolina and Maria Chiara with President Trump – Sito ufficiale della Real Casa di Borbone delle Due Sicilie

 

 なお、この写真のことがメインではありませんが、カルロ殿下に関するイタリア語の記事が出ています。

 (イタリア語)Borboni d'America. L'erede della dinastia napoletana ricevuto da Trump (di Mario Castellano) – FarodiRoma

バルセロナ伯ファン殿下(スペイン王位継承者ファン3世)の没後25周年礼拝。孫のスペイン王フェリペ6世陛下らが参列(2018年4月)

 2018年4月3日、1993年4月1日に薨去したバルセロナ伯/スペイン王子ファン殿下(His Royal Highness Infante Juan of Spain, Count of Barcelona : スペイン王位継承者ファン3世Juan III)の没後25周年の礼拝が王立サン・ロレンソ・デ・エル・エスコリアル修道院大聖堂でおこなわれました。
 スペイン王フェリペ6世陛下(King Felipe VI : His Majesty The King of Spain)、
 スペイン王妃レティシア陛下(Queen Letizia : Her Majesty The Queen of Spain)、
 前スペイン王ファン・カルロス1世陛下(His Majesty King Juan Carlos I of Spain)、
 前スペイン王妃ソフィア陛下(Her Majesty Queen Sofía of Spain)、
 スペイン王女エレナ殿下(ルーゴ女公爵 : Her Royal Highness Infanta Elena of Spain, The Duchess of Lugo)、
 スペイン王女クリスティナ殿下(Her Royal Highness Infanta Cristina of Spain)、
 らが参列。

 キリスト教/ローマ・カトリック教会のファン・デル・リオ・マルティン大司教座下(Archbishop Juan del Río Martín)が司式しました。

 

 (スペイン語:スペイン王室公式サイト)Casa de Su Majestad el Rey de España – Actividades y Agenda – Misa conmemorativa del XXV aniversario del fallecimiento de Su Alteza Real el Conde de Barcelona

 (スペイン語)Homilía de la misa conmemorativa del 25 aniversario del fallecimiento de D. Juan de Borbón oficiada en el monasterio de El Escorial.
 (スペイン語)La infanta Cristina reaparece junto a los reyes un año después
 (スペイン語)Zarzuela recorta a la infanta Cristina de las fotografías de la Misa de Juan de Borbón

 

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 子孫以外の主な参列者:

 

(旧)両シチリア王室(カラブリア系統):

  • カラブリア公爵未亡人アナ殿下(Her Royal Highness Princess Anne of Orléans, Duchess of Calabria : オルレアン公女アンヌ殿下)
    • ブルボン=両シチリア王女クリスティナ殿下(Her Royal Highness Princess Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies)と夫のペドロ・ロペス=ケサダ氏(Pedro Lopez-Quesada
      • ビクトリア・ロペス=ケサダVictoria Lopez-Quesada
    • 両シチリア王室(カラブリア系統)当主/カラブリア公爵/ブルボン=両シチリア王子ペドロ殿下(Prince Pedro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies : His Royal Highness The Duke of Calabria)とカラブリア公爵夫人ソフィア妃殿下(Sofía : Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Calabria)

 

(旧)ギリシャ王室:

  • ギリシャ・デンマーク王女アレクシア殿下(Her Royal Highness Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark)

 

(旧)ブルガリア王室:

  • タルノヴォ公妃(未亡人)/ブルガリア王子妃ミリアム殿下(Her Royal Highness Princess Miriam of Bulgaria, Princess of Tarnovo, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess in Saxony)
    • タルノヴォ公/ブルガリア王子ボリス殿下(ザクセン=コーブルク=ゴータ公子 : ザクセン公子 : His Royal Highness Prince Boris of Bulgaria, Prince of Tarnovo, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke in Saxony : 旧ブルガリア王位継承順位第1位)
  • パナギュリシテ公/ブルガリア王子クブラト殿下(ザクセン=コーブルク=ゴータ公子 : ザクセン公子 : His Royal Highness Prince Kubrat of Bulgaria, Prince of Panagyurishte, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke in Saxony)
  • ヴィディン公/ブルガリア王子コンスタンティン=アセン殿下(ザクセン=コーブルク=ゴータ公子 : ザクセン公子 : His Royal Highness Prince Konstantin-Assen of Bulgaria, Prince of Vidin, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke in Saxony)
  • ブルガリア王女カリナ殿下(ザクセン=コーブルク=ゴータ公女 : ザクセン公女 : ムラニー女伯爵 : Her Royal Highness Princess Kalina of Bulgaria, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess in Saxony, Countess of Murany)と夫のキティン・ムニョス氏(Kitín Muñoz

 

スペイン貴族:

  • 第19代アルバ公爵カルロス・フィツ=ハメス・ストゥアルト閣下(Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 19th Duke of Alba : The Most Excellent The Duke of Alba)

 

その他:

  • テッサ・デ・バビエラTessa de Bavieraマリア・テレサ・デ・バビエラMaria Teresa de Baviera : スペイン王室女系子孫で、スペイン王子の称号を得たバイエルン王子の男系子孫)

追記:
 ムフラニ系ジョージア王室【グルジア王室】当主/ジョージア皇太子ダヴィト殿下が、バルセロナ伯ファン殿下(スペイン王位継承者ファン3世)の没後25周年礼拝に参列(?)していた模様(2018年4月)

インタビュー記事(英語【訳?】):セルビアの旧ユーゴスラビア皇太子アレクサンダル2世殿下へのインタビュー記事。例によって君主政がうまくいっている例として「Japan」が挙がる(2017年11月)

 現在セルビア王室を称する(旧)ユーゴスラビア王室の、
 ユーゴスラヴィア皇太子アレクサンダル2世殿下(His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II of Yugoslavia / Serbia)、
 ユーゴスラヴィア皇太子妃カタリナ殿下(英語ではキャサリン皇太子妃 : Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia / Serbia)、
 へのインタビュー記事が、王室公式サイトに掲載されています。
 もとの記事はセルビアの地方紙かなにかでしょうか。よくわかりません。

 

記事:
 (英語:セルビア王室公式サイト)Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine Interview for Kurir newspaper – We are ready for the return of the monarchy | The Royal Family of Serbia

 

 内容ですが、まずは、アレクサンダル殿下と先妻の間の次男、フィリップ王子殿下(His Royal Highness Prince Philipフィリプ・カラジョルジェヴィッチFilip Karađorđević)と、ダニカ・マリンコヴィッチ嬢(Danica Marinković)の結婚。
 今年(2017年)10月にベオグラードの聖天使首ミハイル大聖堂にて挙式。
 例によって、キリスト教/東方正教会/セルビア正教会(当然のことながら発言などではセルビア王室構成員を称号・敬称つきで言及しています)のセルビア総主教イリネイ聖下(ペーチ大主教 : ベオグラード・カルロヴツィ府主教 : His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci)が司式。
 なお、ダニカ妃殿下の懐妊も伝えられています。
 関連して、カタリナ皇太子妃殿下の前夫との二人の子供、デイヴィッド・アンドルーズDavid Andrews)・アリソン・アンドルーズAlison Andrews)もそれぞれ子供がおり、今回の結婚に至るまで、アリソンが気をまわしたらしいようなコメントがあります(なお、アリソン・アンドルーズは、王室関連行事への出席がそれなりに多いです)。
 さらに家族が増えることを喜んでいるようです。
 また記事中にはありませんが、セルビア王室近親以外の王室関連出席者として

  • スウェーデン皇太子ヴィクトリア殿下
  • 前スペイン王妃ソフィア陛下
  • カラブリア公爵未亡人アナ殿下(オルレアン家出身で(旧)両シチリア王室カラブリア系に嫁ぎ、夫はスペイン王子の称号を保有していた)

 らが参列した模様。

 また、アレクサンダル皇太子殿下は、セルビアのEU加盟を重視しているようなのと、西欧へのあこがれのようなもので若者がセルビアを捨てていっている現状への強い警戒も示しています。

 白宮殿【White Palace】にかかわること、ペータル2世アレクサンダル1世マリア王妃トミスラヴ王子アンドレイ王子などへも言及があります。

 そして、セルビア共和国のほか、ボスニア・ヘルツェゴビナのスルプスカ共和国【セルビア人共和国】への言及。セルビアは現体制・現政権、セルビア正教会、旧ユーゴスラビア王室、とあらゆる分野を通じてスルプスカ共和国への影響を強めていますが、今回は特にさほどその話は出ていません。

 やはり出てきたのは、君主政復活と、「~のような国々はうまくいっているじゃないか」という話。

The most successful states are constitutional monarchies, the Scandinavian countries are an excellent example of this, and not forget Japan.

適当訳:「もっとも成功している国々は立憲君主制国家、北欧の各国はそのすばらしい成功例だ、日本も忘れてはいけない
 ということなのですが、日本とセルビアでは……状況が違いすぎて……。

 そのほか、英国のエリザベス2世陛下と夫のエディンバラ公爵フィリップ王子殿下の結婚70周年式典に出席予定の話(なお、無事出席があり、もう式典は終わりました)。
 ここでジョージ6世の名前も言及されています。

 そのほか、ミハイロ王子殿下(1985年生まれの方)とリュビツァ・リュビサヴリェヴィッチ妃殿下の名前や、ペータル3世王世子殿下の名前も少し出ています。

 

誕生(2007年1月15日):オーストリア大公フィリップ殿下(ハプスブルク家【ハプスブルク=ロートリンゲン家】)

 2007年1月15日、オーストリア帝室/ハンガリー王室/ハプスブルク家のオーストリア大公ジメオン殿下(His Imperial and Royal Highness Archduke Simeon of Austria)と大公妃マリア殿下(両シチリア王女 : Her Imperial and Royal Highness Archduchess María of Austria)の間に、第五子・三男となるオーストリア大公フィリップ殿下(His Imperial and Royal Highness Archduke Philipp of Austria)が誕生しました。

 

Line of succession to the former Two-Sicilian throne : From (deleted) Wikipedia’s articles.

note:
As of July 2020.

In Wikipedia, this article’s name was Line of succession to the former throne of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
That Wikipedia’s article has deleted by Wikipedians.

See also:
Line of succession to the former Monarchical throne and others : From (deleted) Wikipedia’s articles.


The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was unified with the Kingdom of Italy in 1860. The headship of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies has been disputed since the death of claimant Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria on 7 January 1960 between Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro and his descendants and Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria and his descendants. The two current claimants to the former realm of the Two Sicilies are Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro and Prince Pedro, Duke of Calabria, both descended in the male line from Charles III of Spain, who succeeded to the crowns of Naples and Sicily in 1734, reigning there until his succession to the throne of Spain with the death of his brother, Ferdinand VI of Spain on 10 August 1759. By the treaties of Vienna of 1738 and Naples of 1759 he was obliged to surrender the thrones of Naples and Sicily to preserve the European balance of power,

The treaties of Vienna and Naples required that King Charles separate the Spanish crown from the Italian sovereignties by designating Don Charles, his second surviving son (the eldest being severely mentally handicapped), as Prince of Asturias, the heir apparent to Spain,[1] while his “Italian sovereignty” would pass immediately to his third son and his descendants in the male line, Infante Don Ferdinand, and then, in the event of the death of the latter without male heirs, to Charles’s younger sons and their descendants, by primogeniture. This new semi-Salic, succession law of the defunct Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was laid out by Charles III in the Pragmatic Decree of 6 October 1759, and established a secondogeniture similar to that governing the successions to Tuscany and Modena in the House of Austria. It further stipulated that heirs male of the body of Charles III or, failing males, the female nearest in kinship to the last male in his descent or, that lineage also failing, the heirs male of Charles III’s brothers, would inherit the Italian sovereignty (which meant the kingdoms of Naples and Sicily) but always separate from the Spanish crown and never combined in the same person.[1] Should the male line descended from Charles III’s younger sons fail, the Italian Sovereignty was always to be transferred to the next male dynast in the order of succession who was neither the monarch of Spain nor his declared heir, the Prince of Asturias.[1] Even if Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, whose mother was Princess of Asturias had inherited the Spanish Crown and if he had then succeeded in 1960 as head of the Two Sicilies Royal House, the Pragmatic Decree of 1759 would have still not applied as it refers to the Italian sovereignty and was designed to preserve the balance of power, a concept that no longer existed in the twentieth century.

The succession to the Sovereignty of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George is a separate dignity that descends to the heirs of the Farnese family and is not tied to any sovereignty; it was only held by the reigning Dukes of Parma from 1698 to 1734 and the Kings of Naples and Sicily from 1734-1860. The Apostolic Brief Sincerae Fidei and Imperial diploma of 1699 invested the grand mastership in Francesco Farnese and his family and this was confirmed in the Papal bull Militantis Ecclesiae of 1718, so when Francesco’s brother Antonio died childless in 1731 it was inherited along with Parma by Infante Don Charles of Bourbon and Farnese. When, however, he surrendered Parma to the Emperor in 1736 he retained the grand mastership and control of the Order, and his rights as Grand Master were recognised by his brother Philip who became Duke of Parma in 1748, in several decrees, as did the latter’s son, Ferdinand, Duke of Parma. On 8 March 1796 King Ferdinand IV and III of Naples and Sicily issued a decree which stated that “In his (the king’s) royal person there exists together two very distinct qualities, the one of Monarch of the Two Sicilies, and the other of Grand Master of the illustrious, royal and military Constantinian order, which though united gloriously in the same person form nonetheless at the same time two separate independent Lordships.”[2] Numerous royal and papal acts, declarations by the government of the Order, the statutes of the Order including those of 1934 which governed the succession in 1960, and expert texts written before 1960, were unanimous in confirming that the grand mastership was not united with the crown but a separate dignity, with a different system of succession (absolute Salic law, whereas the Two Sicilies was governed by semi-Salic law). Hence no act concerned only with the succession to the Two Sicilies could have any bearing on the succession to the Constantinian grand mastership, an ecclesiastical office governed by canon law.

Original claim (1861–1960)

  • King Francis I of the Two Sicilies (1777–1830)
    • King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (1810–1859)
      • King Francis II of the Two Sicilies (born 1836)
      • (1) Prince Louis, Count of Trani (b. 1838)
      • (2) Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta (b. 1841)
      • (3) Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti (b. 1846)
      • (4) Prince Pasquale, Count of Bari (b. 1852)
      • (5) Prince Januarius, Count of Caltagirone (b. 1857)
    • Charles Ferdinand, Prince of Capua (b. 1811) (renounced succession rights after morganatic marriage)
    • (6) Prince Louis, Count of Aquila (b. 1824)
      • (7) Prince Luigi, Count of Roccaguglielma (b. 1845)
      • (8) Prince Filippo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1847)
    • (9) Prince Francis, Count of Trapani (b. 1827)
      • (10) Prince Leopoldo of the Two Sicilies (b. 1853)

Calabrian claim (since 1960)

Succession

  • King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (1810–1859)
    • King Francis II of the Two Sicilies (1836–1894)
    • Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta (1841–1934)
      • Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria (1869–1960)
      • Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1870–1949)
        • Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria (1901–1964)
          • Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria (1938–2015)
            • Prince Pedro, Duke of Calabria (born 1968)
              • (1) Prince Jaime, Duke of Noto (b. 1993)
              • (2) Prince Juan of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 2003)
              • (3) Prince Pablo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 2004)
              • (4) Prince Pedro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 2007)
      • Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro (1883–1973)
        • Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro (1926–2008)
          • (5) Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro (b. 1963)
      • Prince Gabriel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1897–1975)
        • Prince Antoine of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1929–2019)
          • (6) Prince François of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1960)
            • (7) Prince Antoine of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 2003)
          • (8) Prince Gennaro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1966)
        • (9) Prince Casimir of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1938)
          • (10) Prince Luís of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1970)
            • (11) Prince Paulo Afonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 2014)
          • (12) Prince Alexander of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1974)

 

 

Succession with illegitimate births excluded (even if subsequently legitimized later on)

  • King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (1810–1859)
    • King Francis II of the Two Sicilies (1836–1894)
    • Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta (1841–1934)
      • Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria (1869–1960)
      • Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1870–1949)
        • Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria (1901–1964)
          • Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria (1938–2015)
            • Prince Pedro, Duke of Calabria (born 1968)
              • (1) Prince Juan of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 2003)
              • (2) Prince Pablo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 2004)
              • (3) Prince Pedro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 2007)
      • Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro (1883–1973)
        • Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro (1926–2008)
          • (4) Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro (b. 1963)
      • Prince Gabriel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1897–1975)
        • Prince Antoine of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1929–2019)
          • (5) Prince François of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1960)
            • (6) Prince Antoine of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 2003)
          • (7) Prince Gennaro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1966)
        • (8) Prince Casimir of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1938)
          • (9) Prince Luís of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1970)
            • (10) Prince Paulo Afonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 2014)
          • (11) Prince Alexander of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1974)

 

 

Castrian line (since 1960)

Succession

  • King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (1810–1859)
    • King Francis II of the Two Sicilies (1836–1894)
    • Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta (1841–1934)
      • Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria (1869–1960)
      • Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1870–1949)
      • Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro (1883–1973)
        • Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro (1926–2008)
          • Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro (born 1963)
            • (1) Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Calabria (b. 2003)[3]
            • (2) Princess Maria Chiara of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Capri (b. 2005)[3]
      • Prince Gabriel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1897–1975)
        • Prince Antoine of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1929–2019)
          • (3) Prince François of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1960)
            • (4) Prince Antoine of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 2003)
          • (5) Prince Gennaro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1966)
        • (6) Prince Casimir of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1938)
          • (7) Prince Luís of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1970)
            • (8) Prince Paulo Afonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 2014)
          • (9) Prince Alexander of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1974)

 

 

Succession with agnatic primogeniture

  • King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (1810–1859)
    • King Francis II of the Two Sicilies (1836–1894)
    • Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta (1841–1934)
      • Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria (1869–1960)
      • Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1870–1949)
      • Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro (1883–1973)
        • Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro (1926–2008)
          • Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro (born 1963)
      • Prince Gabriel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1897–1975)
        • Prince Antoine of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1929–2019)
          • (1) Prince François of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1960)
            • (2) Prince Antoine of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 2003)
          • (3) Prince Gennaro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1966)
        • (4) Prince Casimir of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1938)
          • (5) Prince Luís of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1970)
            • (6) Prince Paulo Afonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 2014)
          • (7) Prince Alexander of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1974)

 

 

Attempted reconciliation and continuing dispute (2014–present)

On 25 January 2014, representatives of the two rival branches, Prince Carlo (Castro line) and Prince Pedro, then Duke of Noto (Calabria line), jointly signed a solemn pledge of partial reconciliation in a ceremony in Naples on the occasion of the Beatification of Maria Cristina of Savoy, Queen of the Two Sicilies.[4] The document recognised both branches as members of the same house and royal princes and princesses of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, committed both to pursue further reconciliation and concord, meanwhile recognising the titles then claimed by each branch for the present holders and their descendants.[5]

At the Holy Mass in Saint Peter’s Basilica celebrated in Rome on 14 May 2016, during the International Pilgrimage of the Franco-Neapolitan Constantinian Order of Saint George to Rome and Vatican City, Prince Carlo made public his decision to change the rules of succession. This purported change was made in order to make the rules of succession compatible with international and European law, prohibiting any discrimination between men and women, although this law has never applied to royal successions (and has not been applied by any former reigning house, nor by the Spanish or Liechtenstein reigning houses). He declared that the rule of absolute primogeniture would henceforth apply to his direct descendants, his elder daughter being declared heiress apparent.[3] Prince Pedro publicly protested that Prince Carlo’s declaration not only violated the terms of their reconciliation agreement but that he had no powers to alter the system of succession which was governed by two international treaties as well as by the Pragmatic Decree of Charles III and the last valid Constitution of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Prince Carlo’s response was that further “destabilisation” could lead to termination of the 2014 pact.[6]

In September 2017 Prince Carlo announced his second daughter Princess Maria Chiara, recognised as Duchess of Capri in the reconciliation document, would henceforth hold the additional title of Duchess of Noto.[7] In the reconciliation agreement the respective titles used by each branch were recognised and at the time the Noto title was used by Prince Pedro and following the death of his father by his son Prince Jaime.