Carlo di Borbone, duca di Calabria

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• Full name - Italian: - Carlo Tito Francesco Giuseppe
• Carlo Tito Francesco Giuseppe
• Carlo, Duke of Calabria
• Italian: - Carlo Tito Francesco Giuseppe
• House - House of Bourbon
• Father - Ferdinand IV of Naples
• Mother - Maria Carolina of Austria
• Born - 4 January 1775, Caserta Palace, Kingdom of Naples
• Died -17 December 1778 (aged 3), Caserta Palace, Kingdom of Naples
• Burial - Basilica of Santa Chiara, Naples
• Religion - Roman Catholic
• Carlo of Naples and Sicily (Italian: Carlo Tito Francesco Giuseppe; 4 January 1775 – 17 December 1778) was a Prince of Naples and Sicily and Duke of Calabria. He died in infancy of smallpox.

Biography

• Born at the Caserta Palace[1] near Naples, he was created Duke of Calabria at birth as the heir apparent to his father's throne. His mother was a daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and thus sister of Marie Antoinette.
• A member of the House of Bourbon, he was a prince of Naples and Sicily by birth. He was the hereditary prince of Naples.[1] His birth allowed his mother to have a place in the Council of State, part of his parents' marriage contract.
• Carlo died of smallpox[2] aged 3. Two of his younger siblings would die of smallpox also the said Princess Maria Cristina Amelia who caught it from Prince Giuseppe the two dying within a week of each other.
• He was buried at the Church of Santa Chiara in Naples.

Titles and styles

• 4 January 1775 – 17 December 1778 His Royal Highness Don Carlo, Duke of Calabria, Hereditary Prince of Naples and Sicily