Prince Gabriel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies explained

Prince Gabriel
Full Name:Italian: Gabriele Maria Giuseppe Carlo Ignazio Antonio Alfonso Pietro Giovanni Gerardo di Majella et Omni Sancti
Spouse:
    Issue:Prince Antoine
    Prince Jean
    Princess Maria Margarita
    Princess Marie Immaculata
    Prince Casimir
    House:House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
    Father:Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
    Mother:Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
    Birth Date:11 January 1897
    Birth Place:Cannes, France
    Death Place:Itu, Brazil

    Prince Gabriele of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (Gabriele Maria Giuseppe Carlo Ignazio Antonio Alfonso Pietro Giovanni Gerardo di Majella et Omni Sancti; 11 January 1897, Cannes, France  - 22 October 1975, Itu, Brazil,) was a prince of the deposed dynasty which ruled the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

    Family

    Gabriel was the twelfth child and youngest son of Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta, and his wife, Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Nicknamed Onga within his family circle, he grew up having little contact with either of the two elder brothers, Carlo (1870-1949) and Ranieri (1883-1973), whose rival claims for headship of the family and its dynastic orders "would rend loyalties the House of Bourbon-Sicily asunder into the 21st century".[1]

    Marriage and issue

    Gabriel married firstly Princess Malgorzata Izabella Czartoryska, daughter of Prince Adam Ludwik Czartoryski and his wife Countess Maria Ludwika Krasińska, on 25 August 1927 in Paris. The couple had one child before Malgorzata died in Cannes on 8 March 1929:

    wed Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (born 2 February 1933 in Stuttgart; died 29 January 2022) on 18 July 1958 in Altshausen, and had issue:

    wed Countess Alexandra of Schönborn-Wiesentheid (born 2 June 1967 in Zürich), on 2 June 2000 in Geneva, and had issue:

    wed Andreas Baumbach (born 30 April 1963 in Tübingen), on 6 May 1988 in Tübingen

    ∞ Count Carl Fredrik Creutz (born 11 November 1971), on 2 August 2003 in Helsinki, and had issue.

    Gabriel married, secondly, Princess Cecylia Lubomirska, daughter of Prince Kasimierz Lubomirski and his wife Countess Maria Theresia Granow-Wodicka, on 15 September 1932 in Kraków. Gabriel and Cecylia had four children:

    wed Luis Gonzaga Maldonado y Gordon (born 17 November 1932 in Madrid), on 11 June 1962 in Jerez de la Frontera

    wed Miguel García de Saéz y Tellecea (6 September 1921  - 12 March 1982), on 29 June 1970 in Sant Josep de sa Talaia; divorced in 1979

    wed Princess Maria Cristina of Savoy-Aosta (12 September 1933 in Miramare - 18 November 2023 in Sao Paulo), on 29 January 1967 in Jacarezinho

    wed firstly, Christine Apovian (born 20 May 1969) on 22 October 1998 in São Paulo, subsequently divorced

    wed secondly, Maria da Glória Ganem Rubião

    wed Count Rodolphe de Causans (born 22 January 1973) civilly on 18 August 2005 in Les Verchers-sur-Layon, religiously on 19 September 2005 in Turin, and had issue.

    Titles, styles, honours, and arms

    Titles and styles

    In addition to the princely status deriving from membership in the historical House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, the title of Principe de Borbón and the style of Royal Highness were specifically accorded to Gabriel de Borbón and to those of his children born of marriage contracted with the Spanish sovereign's authorization, by a Spanish royal decree issued 19 August 1920.[2]

    Honours

    Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece

    Knight of the Order of Saint Januarius

    Notes and References

    1. Book: McIntosh, David . Beéche, Arturo E.. Royal Exiles in Cannes. 2015. Eurohistory. East Richmond Heights, California . 109, 168, 170, 173–174, 181, 183, 185. 978-0-9854603-8-9.
    2. Velde, Francois. Heraldica.org. The style of Infante/Infanta de España. Decrees Concerning the Style of Infante de España, 1765-1920. retrieved 25 September 2011.