Infant Alvaro, Duke of Galliera

Born in Coburg , the capital of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha , German Empire . The eldest son of Infante Alfonso de Orleans and de Bourbon, Duke of Gallier (1886–1975), and Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1884–1966). The grandson on the paternal line is Infante Antonio, the Duke of Gallier (1866–1930) and the Infanta Eulalia of Spain (1864–1958), and on the maternal line, Alfred, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1844–1900) and the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna Romanova (1853 —1920) ^[1] .

On July 14, 1937, the 27-year-old Alvaro inherited from his father the title of the 6th Duke of Gallier in the Kingdom of Italy ^[2] .

In 1946, after the proclamation of the Republic of Italy, Alvaro de Orleans and Sexsen-Coburg-Gotha lost the ducal title and became the titular duke of Galliere.

On August 22, 1997, 87-year-old Alvaro de Orleans and Sexsen-Coburg-Gotha died in Monte Carlo , outliving his two younger brothers and becoming the last of the living children of infante Alfonso and Princess Beatrice, as well as the last living grandson of Prince Alfred Saxe-Coburg. Gotha and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna.

Since his eldest son Alonso (1941-1975) died in 1975 at the age of 35, his grandson Alfonso (born 1968), inherited after his death the title of the 7th Duke of Galliera.

On July 10, 1937, in Rome, Prince Alvaro married Carl Parodi-Delfino (December 13, 1909, Milan — July 27, 2000, Sanlucar de Barrameda ), daughter of Leopoldo Girolamo Parodi-Delfino, Italian senator , and Lucy Henney ^[3] .

They had four children:

• Donja Gerard de Orleans-Bourbon and Parodi-Delfino (born August 25, 1939, Rome ), on July 26, 1963, married Harry Freeman Saint (born February 13, 1941 , New York). In her first marriage she had two children and divorced in 1977 . In 1990, she again married Ignacio Romero and Solis, the 6th Marquis de Marcelina, from a marriage with whom she had no children. Her children with Harry Freeman Saint:
  • Carla d'Orleans-Bourbon and Saint (born May 22, 1967, New York ), 1st husband since September 19, 1992 to John Stephen Lilly (born March 20, 1965, Chicago ), the first marriage was childless and ended with a ravod in 2001; The 2nd husband since June 23, 2001 is Nicolas de Haro and Fernandez de Cordoba (born October 13, 1965, Seville ), from a marriage with whom she has three children:
    • Nicolas de Haro and Saint (born January 1, 2001, Seville )
    • Sophia de Haro and Saint (born May 19, 2004, Seville )
    • Mateo de Haro and Saint (born May 10, 2007, Seville )
  • Mark d'Orleans-Bourbon and Saint (born March 20, 1969), 1st marriage since July 6, 1991 - Dorothy Sophie Horps (born February 17, 1968, Rennes ). The marriage was childless and ended in divorce in 1995 . On May 22, 2009, he remarried to Amparo Baron and Fernandez de Cordoba (born December 4, 1968, Seville ), from a marriage with whom he has no children. He had one son from his association with Teresa Campogna:
    • Christopher Saint-Campogna (born August 7, 1990)
• Don Alonso de Orleans-Bourbon and Parodi-Delfino (August 23, 1941, Rome - September 6, 1975, Houston ). On January 12, 1966, in Naples, he married Donna Emilia Ferrare Pignatelli, Princess di Strongoli (April 6, 1940, Naples - December 22, 1999, Naples), from a marriage with whom he had two sons:
  • Don Alfonso de Orleans-Bourbon and Ferrara Pignatelli, 7th Duke of Galliera (born January 2, 1968, Santa Cruz de Tenerife , Canary Islands ). On March 28, 1994, he married Veronica Goeders (born November 16, 1970), the daughter of Jean-Marie Goeders and Anne-Maria Grosjean. They lived for seven years in marriage and divorced in 2001 . They have one son:
    • Don Alonso Juan days Orleans-Bourbon and Goeders (born July 15, 1994, Paris )
  • Don Alvaro de Orleans-Bourbon and Ferrara Pignatelli (born October 4, 1969, Santa Cruz de Tenerife , Canary Islands ), has been married since April 6, 2007 to Alice Acosta and has one son:
    • Don Ayden de Orleans-Bourbon and Acosta (born 2009)
• Donja Beatriz de Orleans-Bourbon and Parodi-Delfino (born April 27, 1943, Seville ), on April 25, 1964, married Tommaso dei Conti Farini in Rome (born September 16, 1938, Turin ). Married with two children:
  • Gerardo Alfonso dei Conti-Farini (born November 23, 1967, Bologna ), married since 2007 to Delia Mittempher, from a marriage with whom he has two daughters:
    • Louise Farini
    • Alessandra Farini
  • Elena Dzhioy dei Conti Farini (born October 27, 1969, Rome ). On June 19, 1999, in Sanlucar de Barrameda, she married Joaquín de Haro and Fernández de Córdoba (born June 23, 1971, Seville ), from a marriage with whom she has two children:
    • Claudia de Haro and Farini (born December 28, 2000, Madrid )
    • Thomas de Haro and Farini (born September 12, 2003, Madrid )
• Alvaro-Jaime de Orleans-Bourbon and Parodi-Delfino (born March 1, 1947, Rome ). On May 24, 1974, he married his first marriage to Giovanna San Martino d'Alli dei Marchezi di San Germano (born April 10, 1945, Campillon ), the niece of the Belgian Queen Paola Ruffo di Calabria . After the divorce from his first wife, on December 28, 2007, he again married Antonella Rendine (born 1969 ), from a marriage with whom he has one daughter. He has three children from his first wife:
  • Pilar de Orleans-Bourbon and San Martino d'Agli (born May 27, 1975 , Rome ), husband since 2006, Nicholas Henderson-Stewart (born 1974), from whom she has six children:
    • Felix Henderson-Stuart (born 2007)
    • Louis Henderson-Stuart (born 2008)
    • Daria Hengerson-Stuart (born 2009, Brussels )
    • Ksenia Henderson-Stuart (born 2011, Brussels )
    • James Henderson-Stuart (born 2012)
    • Pedro Henderson-Stuart (born 2014)
  • Andres de Orleans-Bourbon and San Martino d'Agli (born July 7, 1976, Rome ). On January 30, 2009, in London, he married Anna-Laura van Exter, from marriage with whom he has two children:
    • Inés de Orleans-Bourbon and van Exter (born January 30, 2010, London )
    • Eugene de Orleans-Bourbon and van Exter (born March 7, 2011, London )
  • Alois de Orleans-Bourbon and San Martino d'Agli (born March 24, 1979, Rome ). On June 28, 2008, in Asti (Italy), married Guadalupe Solis Jabon (born February 17, 1978, Ciudad Real ), from a marriage with which he has one son:
    • Alonso de Orleans and Solis (born March 23, 2010, Madrid )

Alvaro-Jaime also has one daughter from his second marriage with Antonella Rendina:

• Eulalia de Orleans-Bourbon (born 2006), her godfather is former King of Spain Juan Carlos I.

Coat of arms

• Don Alvaro Antonio Fernando Carlos Felipe de Orléans-Borbón y Sajonia-Coburgo-Gotha, 6th Duc de Galliera