Duchess of Calabria
Appearance
Duchess of Calabria was the traditional title of the wife of the heir apparent of the Kingdom of Naples after the accession of Robert of Naples. It was also adopted by the heads of certain Houses that had once claimed the Kingdom of Naples in lieu of the royal title.
There are at present two claimants to the title of Duchess of Calabria. In the Spanish context, it is the title for the wife of the head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and in the Italian context it is the title for the wife of the heir to the Duke of Castro, the head of the Royal House.
Capetian House of Anjou
[edit]| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yolanda of Aragon | Peter III of Aragon (Barcelona) |
1285 | 23 March 1297 | 19 August 1302 | Robert | |||
| Sancha of Majorca | James II of Majorca (Barcelona) |
1285 | 20 September 1304 | 5 May 1309 became Queen |
28 July 1345 | |||
| Catherine of Austria | Albert I of Germany (Habsburg) |
October 1295 | 23 June 1316 | 18 January 1323 | Charles | |||
| Marie of Valois | Charles, Count of Valois (Valois) |
1309 | May 1324 | 9 November 1328 husband's death |
23 October 1331 | |||
| Joanna suo jure |
Charles, Duke of Calabria (Anjou-Naples) |
1328 | 26 September 1333 | 20 January 1343 couples' accession as King and Queen |
22 May 1382 | Andrew | ||
House of Valois-Anjou
[edit]| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marie of Blois-Châtillon | Charles, Duke of Brittany (Blois-Châtillon) |
1343/5 | 9 July 1360 | 29 June 1380 husband's accession |
12 May 1382 became Titular Queen |
12 November 1404 | Louis I of Anjou | |
| Margaret of Savoy | Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (Savoy) |
1410s or 7 August 1420 | 1424/31 August 1432 | 12 November 1434 husband's death |
30 September 1479 | Louis III of Anjou | ||
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Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine | Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (Lorraine) |
1400 | 24 October 1420 | 12 November 1434 husband's accession |
2 February 1435 became Queen |
28 February 1453 | René of Anjou |
| After 1442, the Angevin ceased to rule Naples and Rene was the last Angevin to hold and later claim the title of King. All his successors as pretenders used the title Duke of Calabria throughout their life and never pretend to use the title King of Naples unlike the first few Angevin claimants. | ||||||||
House of Aragon
[edit]| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isabella of Clermont | Tristan de Clermont, Count of Copertino | 1424 | 30 May 1444/5 | 27 June 1458 became Queen |
30 March 1465 | Duke Ferdinand | ||
| Ippolita Maria Sforza | Francesco I Sforza (Sforza) |
18 April 1446 | 10 October 1465 | 20 August 1484 | Duke Alfonso | |||
| Trogia Gazzela | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Germaine of Foix | John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne (Foix-Grailly) |
1488 | August 1526 | 18 October 1538 | Duke Ferdinand | |||
| Mencía de Mendoza | Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza (Mendoza) |
30 November 1508 | February 1540 | 26 October 1550 husband's death |
4 January 1554 | |||
- For the spouse of the heirs of the Kingdom of Naples between 1504 and 1747; see Princess of Asturias
House of Bourbon
[edit]| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infanta María Isabella of Spain | Charles IV of Spain (Bourbon-Spain) |
6 July 1789 | 6 July 1802 | 12 December 1816 revival of title |
4 January 1825 became Queen |
13 September 1848 | Francis I | |
| Duchess Maria Sophie in Bavaria | Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria (Wittelsbach) |
4 October 1841 | 3 February 1859 | 22 May 1859 became Queen |
19 January 1925 | Prince Francis | ||
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