Prince Carlo of Bourbon Two Sicilies
His Royal Highness
Prince Carlo of Bourbon Two Sicilies
Duke of Castro, Head of the Royal House
Prince
Carlo of Bourbon
Two Sicilies
Duke of Castro
Head of the Royal House
Biographical Notes
His Royal Highness Prince Carlo of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro and Head of the Royal House, was born in Saint Raphaël, France, on 24 February 1963, to His Royal Highness Prince Ferdinando of Bourbon Two Sicilies, XVII Duke of Castro, and Her Royal Highness Princess Chantal of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duchess of Castro (née de Chevron Villette).
He completed his studies at the Marist Fathers Institute in Toulon and at Collège Stanislas in Nice; he subsequently studied at the Université Internationale Libre in Paris. He gained professional experience as head of a major public relations firm in New York. Upon his return to Europe, he worked at executive level with several major Italian industries and companies.
On 31 October 1998, he married Her Royal Highness Princess Camilla of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duchess of Castro. The marriage produced two daughters: H.R.H. Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duchess of Calabria and Duchess of Palermo (23 June 2003) and H.R.H. Princess Maria Chiara of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duchess of Noto and Duchess of Capri (1 January 2005). The Royal Family lives between Rome, the Principality of Monaco, and Paris.
Prince Carlo of Bourbon speaks Italian, French, and English. He is Grand Master of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, through which he promotes and coordinates the charitable, welfare, and cultural activities of this ancient chivalric Order.
Titles
XVIII Duke of Castro
VIII Grand Master of the Royal Order of Francis I
X Grand Master of the Distinguished Royal Order of Saint Januarius
IX Grand Master of the Distinguished Royal Order of Saint Ferdinand and Merit
LIV Grand Master of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George
IX Grand Master of the Royal Military Order of Saint George of the Reunion
VIII Grand Master of the Royal Order of Francis I
Honours
Knight Grand Cross of Merit of the Italian Republic (Italian Republic) 29 July 1996
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Royal House of Savoy) 31 October 1998
Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion (Sovereign Military Order of Malta) 4 February 2004
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa (Republic of Panama) 15 March 2004
Knight Grand Cross of the National Order of Juan Mora Fernández (Republic of Costa Rica) 22 March 2004
Extraordinary Class of the Lebanese Order of Merit (Lebanese Republic) 24 March 2004
First Class with Collar of the Order of Unification of 22 May (Republic of Yemen) 25 March 2004
Knight Grand Cross with Silver Star of the Order of Danilo I (Royal House of Montenegro) 20 January 2006
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Agatha (Most Serene Republic of San Marino) 16 July 2010
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Devoted Order of the Royal House (Kingdom of Tonga) 27 February 2012
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of San Carlos (Republic of Colombia) 7 July 2013
Knight Grand Cross of the Patriarchal Order of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem (Greek-Melkite Catholic Church) 1 November 2013
Order of Skanderbeg (Republic of Albania) 2 December 2013
Knight Grand Cross Special Class pro Merito Melitensi (Sovereign Military Order of Malta) 5 December 2013
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (Royal House of Braganza) 6 February 2014
Grand Officer of the Order of Grimaldi (Principality of Monaco) 17 November 2014
Knight of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation (Royal House of Savoy) 19 September 2019
Awards
- Admiral of the Texas Navy (Texas – United States of America) 3 May 1994
- Honorary Academician First Class of the Academy of the Dogliosi of Avellino, founded in 1620 (Avellino – Italy) 6 April 1995
- Honorary Member of the National Carabinieri Association (Italy) 4 March 1996
- “Man for Peace 2000” Award from the “Together for Peace Foundation” chaired by Mrs. Maria Pia Fanfani (Rome – Italy) 12 December 2000
- Honorary Academician of the Pontifical Distinguished Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi at the Pantheon (Vatican City State) 16 June 2007
- Perpetual Superior of the Royal Archconfraternity of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows in San Ferdinando di Palazzo (Naples – Italy) by hereditary custom from 20 March 2008
- Associate of the Pio Monte della Misericordia (Naples – Italy) 9 June 2012
- Patron of the “Dignitatis Humanae” Institute, of which His Eminence and Most Reverend Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino is Honorary President (Vatican City) 7 December 2013
- “Mother Teresa” Humanitarian Medal from the President of the Republic of Kosovo (Pristina – Kosovo) 22 May 2014
- Grand Companions Insignia of the Order of Mercy (United Kingdom) 28 May 2014
- The Dominica Award of Honour (Dominica) 5 November 2014
- Medal of the Italian Red Cross
- Honorary Citizen of the State of Louisiana (United States of America) 17 March 1994
- Honorary Citizen of the City of Houston (Texas – United States of America) 12 May 1994
- Honorary Citizen of the Municipality of Pescina (L’Aquila – Italy) 13 July 2002
- Honorary Citizen of the Municipality of Margherita di Savoia (Foggia – Italy) 29 May 2003
- Honorary Citizen of the City of Little Rock (Arkansas – United States of America) 17 October 2003
- Freedom of the City of London (United Kingdom) October 2011
- Honorary Citizen of the Municipality of Ciorlano (Caserta – Italy) 17 May 2014
- Honorary Citizen of the Municipality of Gaeta (Latina – Italy) 19 October 2023
