{"id":85286,"date":"2025-10-11T14:50:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T14:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/constantinianorder.com\/the-grand-magistry-of-the-bourbon-two-sicilies\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T18:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T18:17:10","slug":"the-grand-magistry-of-the-bourbon-two-sicilies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/constantinianorder.com\/en\/the-grand-magistry-of-the-bourbon-two-sicilies\/","title":{"rendered":"The Grand Magistry of the Bourbon Two Sicilies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"85286\" class=\"elementor elementor-85286 elementor-2589\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58f3a304 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet_extra elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"58f3a304\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ee2aaef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7ee2aaef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/constantinianorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-logo-costantiniano.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1064\" alt=\"sacro militare ordine costantiniano di san giorgio\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-669e58d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"669e58d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Grand Magistry of the Bourbon Two Sicilies<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-646ff88b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"646ff88b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Grand Magistry and Royal House of Bourbon, the Catholic chivalric order of ancient origins, now under the Grand Magistry of the Royal House of Bourbon Two Sicilies, which promotes faith, charity and social commitment inspired by Christian values.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/constantinianorder.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">constantinianorder.net<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/realcasadiborbone.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal House of Bourbon Two Sicilies<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/constantinianorder.com\/contatti\/\">Contacts<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66b3f0b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"66b3f0b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdda698 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cdda698\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbf26fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cbf26fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Grand Magistry of the Royal House of Bourbon Two Sicilies<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d7e00e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d7e00e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After the conquest of the Kingdom of Naples, Charles transferred the headquartes of the Grand Magistry of the Constantinian Order to Naples and left the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza to his younger brother Philip (1748).<br \/>When Charles ascended to the Throne of Spain in 1759 he was forced to abdicate the Throne of Naples and Sicily due to political and dynastic reasons. Therefore, Charles of Bourbon, by royal decree of 6 October 1759 gave all Italian assets to his third son Ferdinand, and by an expressly separate act he also gave him the Grand Constantinian Magistry as it is a Family Order linked to successors and heirs of the Farnese \u2018s Trusteeship.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The Holy See clearly and explicity recognised the Bourbon family of Naples as holders of the Grand Constantinian Magistry by the Monitorium of 19 December 1763 issued by Clement XIII. Within this Monitorium, the Pope ordered the bishops and all those who care for the souls not to create problems for the Knights of St. George in peaceful possessession of their privileges and mentioned previous Papal Bollas while insisting on the fact that in case of conflict with the ecclesiastic authority \u00abit could only be addressed in the Apostolic Chamber\u00bb. This general Monitorium was issued upon the request of the Knight Grand Cross of the Constantinian Order, Petraccone Caracciolo, Duke of Martina, also on behalf of the other Knights of Grand Cross, and it sets the punishments to those who don\u2019t guard the privileges granted to the Order by the Bulls Sincer\u00e6 Fidei and Militantis Ecclesi\u00e6 issued respectively by Innocent XII and Clement XI.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Moreover, during the Grand Magistry of Ferdinand IV the Breve of Pious VI Rerum humanarum conditio, of 24 March 1777 ratified the aggregation of all the assets of the suppressed Order of St. Antonio Viennese existing in the Kingdom of Naples, to the Constantinian Order.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>There are many sources of positive law showing \u201cthe family character\u201d of the supreme dignity of the Grand Magistry, including a \u201cDispatch\u201d of King Ferdinand IV dated March 8, 1796, that states \u201c(\u2026) The King has taken into consideration the fact that in the Sacred Role of the King, there coexists two distinct qualities, that of the monarchy of the Two Sicilies and the other of the Grand Master of the Constantinian Order, which form two independent Lordships, as for their laws and prerogatives and for the privileges especially regarding jurisdiction (\u2026) the predecessors of the Grand Masters of this Order formed a Code of Constitutions called Statutes, in which you can see a clear desire to establish a Privativa Jurisdiction for the Order itself and for the Knights and individuals, electing to this purpose a Supreme Magistral Council for the knowledge of all rights, prerogatives and causes belonging to it.\u201d<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The Constantinian Order under the Grand Magistry of H.M. Francis I had a period of prosperity and tranquility.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>With the advent to the throne of Ferdinand II the Grand Magistry of the Order was reconfirmed in fact to the holder of the sovereignty of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies by the papal Breve Maxima et pr\u00e6clarissima by Pius IX of the July 17, 1851.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The events following the unification of Italy, will mark the fate of the Family Bourbon Two Sicilies, even though the deepest feelings of the southern populations are inextricably linked to them.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Francis II, the last king of the Two Sicilies, continued to hold the Grand Magistry of the Constantinian Order until his death on 27 December 1894. During his leadership he had received the Breve Qu\u00e6 rei Sacr\u00e6 of 17 September 1863 by which the Blessed Pope Pius IX, because of the political events of 1860 in Italy, stated that the Constantinian Church of Sant\u2019Antonio Abate in Naples and all the Constantinian goods existing in the Kingdom were under the temporary dependence of the Archbishop of Naples, until the Holy See decides differently. Francis II, meanwhile, had continued to grant the honors of the ancient Chilvaric Order to those who had remained close and loyal to him, as well as to eminent and illustrious personalities of the Papal Court and other European Courts met during their stay in Rome, when they were a guest of the Pope.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>After 1860 the Constantinian Magistry was the only example of a royal independent power free from any sovereign territorial and internationally recognized.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The Grand Magistry of the Constantinian Order, by hereditary right held by the Head of the Royal House of Bourbon Two Sicilies, was able to adapt to modern needs and develop more and more social assistance activities for the poors and charities, as well as the spiritual care of Knights and Dames. Particularly noteworthy are the activities carried out during the First and Second World War in favour of the injured, in fact the Members of the Order offered their assistance in the hospitals of the largest cities: we can mention for all the Military Hospital of Naples, or activities aimed to help the work of the Red Cross.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The last sovereign of the Two Sicilies, died without direct descendants, and was succeeded by his brother Alfonso, Count of Caserta. Under his Magistry the Constantinian Order enjoyed a period of high esteem because of the intense relationships that the Order had with the Holy See. Pope St. Pius X with his Breve of March 7, 1910 appointed Cardinal Domenico Ferrata Protector of the Order and on 22 of March 1911 he approved the building of the Church of Santa Maria a Capella, called the Crocelle in Naples, as headquarters of \u2018the Order. On April 7, 1911 and on April 2, 1913 he gave his Placet to magistral decrees which granted special rights to the Ecclesiastic Chaplains Knights of the Order. On December 3 1913 he appointed Cardinal Francesco di Paola Cassetta as the new Protector of the Order.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Always under the Grand Magistry of H.R.H. Count of Caserta, the Constantinian Order played a leading role in the Pontifical Commission responsible for the celebrations to mark the sixteenth anniversary of the promulgation of the Edict of Milan by Emperor Constantine, in which it was sanctioned the end of the persecutions of Christians and the freedom of worship on all the territories of the Empire.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>With the agreement of Pope St. Pius X will, the Church of Santa Croce at Ponte Milvio in Rome was built (then elevated to the rank of minor basilica by Pope Paul VI in 1965). The Pope personally paid for its construction and chose the location where, according to tradition, the emperor Constantine sounded the trumpets to announce to the City the end of hostilities against Christians. In the Basilica there is a chapel dedicated to St. George the Martyr, protector of the Constantinian Order, made thanks to the generosity of the Ecclesiastical Knight Eugenio Pacelli, the future Pope Pius XII.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>For this anniversary, the Grand Master H.R.H Count of Caserta wanted to realize a reconstruction, as accurate as possible to the historical information, of the Costantinian Banner. This banner, made in red moir\u00e9 silk embroidered with gold tinsel and semiprecious stones, supported by a pole topped by the bronze Monogram of Christ \u201cXP\u201d, was blessed on 29 December 1913, at the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican , by Pope St. Pius X in the presence of HRH Prince Ferdinand Pio, Duke of Calabria and son of the Grand Master, a representation of Dignitaries and the Knights of the Order. Currently the Constantine Banner is kept in the office of the Grand Chancellery in Rome.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>H.R.H.: the Grand Master, Count of Caserta, received from Benedict XV the Breve for Futuram Rei memoriam on 13 December 1916, whereby the Pope, referring to a Breve of September 17, 1863, of his predecessor Blessed Pius IX, ordered to return to the Constantinian Order the Church of Sant\u2019Antonio Abate in Naples and recognized the Grand Prior and his successors as the Abbot of that Church with jurisdiction over the Constantinian Clergy for things concerning the Order. On July 9 1919 H.R.H. the Count of Caserta welcomed the decree of the Pope with which it was granted Privilegium Officiorum for the clergy of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order, also approving the changes made to the Statutes of the Order. Finally, with the Breve of June 9, 1919, he was appointed by the Pope as Protector of the Order in the person of Cardinal Vittorio Ranuzzi de\u2019 Bianchi.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Upon the death of the Count of Caserta, his eldest son H.R.H. Prince Ferdinand Pio, Duke of Calabria succeeded him as Head of the Royal House of Bourbon Two Sicilies who held the Grand Constantinian Magistry until his death in Lindau in Bavaria on 7 January 1960. A letter of May 24, 1943 by which the Pope Pius XII thanked H.R.H. the Duke of Calabria and all members of the Constantinian Order for their contribution to the Church of St. Eugene in Rome, and gave the Grand Master and all Knights his Apostolic Blessing.<\/p><p>According to Ettore Gallo, with his experienced competende: \u201cAfter a general and comparative anlysis and comparaison of the cited papal documents, the doctrine was able to make some important considerations: first of all the cntinual acknowledgement, as well as gratitude of the Holy See towards the Constantinian Order; moreover, the assegnment to its Grand Master, referred to many times in papal documents as \u201cperpetuus administrator militiae Aurat\u00e6 Constantinian\u00e6\u201d , of the powers to appoint the Knights, to lead the Order guide and interprete the ancient Farnese Statutes\u00bb[1].<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>After the Second World War, with the advent of the Republican Institution in Italy, the Constantinian Order of St. George and its Magistry find its citizenship in the new peninsular State as it is considered as a knightly and non-state order, and also dynastic and totally foreign to Italian law due to both its origin and its historical evolution. H.R.H. Grand Master Ferdinand Pio was pleased because the honors granted by him on Italian territory were recognized by Law no. 178\/1951.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>H.R.H. Prince Ranieri of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro succeeded as Grand Master and Head of the Royal House, to his brother H.R.H. the Prince Ferdinad Pio, Duke of Calabria. On June 17 1965 he reformed and promulgated the new Statutes of the Order; at the same time he prepared and promulgated, with a Magistral Decree, the heraldic rules to enter the Order.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>H.R.H. Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro, assumed the Grand Constantinian Magistry on January 13, 1973, when he succeeded his father H.R.H. Prince Ranieri upon his death, until his own death at the Domaine de la Combe on 20 March 2008. During the thirty-five years of his leadership of the Constantinian Knights and Ladies the Order evolved into a truly cosmopolitan dimension, creating Delegations in Italy and all over the world. The Italian Republic State Council on 26 November 1981 declared: \u201cEven after the devolution to the state of its material possessions, the Constantinian Order remained a knightly, religious and military entity in the familial heritage whose Head is now Charles, Duke of Castro.\u201d<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The Grand Master of the House of Bourbon Two Sicilies is the current Duke of Castro H.R.H. Prince Charles, who succeeded his father on March 20, 2008. He is recognized with the merit of increasing the activities of the Order with the birth of new Delegations, obtaining the approval of the activities of the Constantinian Knights and Dames by numerous Governments all over the world and especially the Prince\u2019s efforts yielded the prestigious recognition of the Order at the United Nations with formal accreditation of the ancient equestrian Institution to the Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC) in July 2011.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>[1] \u2013 Ivi, p. 34.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6ffe5b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e6ffe5b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb4d962 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eb4d962\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92879fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"92879fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chronology of Grand Masters<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-304d717 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"304d717\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>Year 313 \u2013 Constantine I Flavius Angelus the Great, Emperor, Founder of the Constantinian Knights of St George in the year 313<\/li><li>Year 337 \u2013 Constantine II Angelus Flavius, Emperor, eldest son of Constantine the Great<\/li><li>Year 337 \u2013 Constantius I Angelus Flavius, Emperor, brother of Constantine II<\/li><li>Year 337 \u2013 Constantius II Angelus Flavius, Emperor, brother of Constans I<\/li><li>Year 361 \u2013 Constantius Gallus Caesar Flavius, Prince of Macedonia, cousin of Constantius II<\/li><li>Year 362 \u2013 Michael Gallus Flavius, King of Pontus, Prince of Macedonia, son of Constantius<\/li><li>Year 428 \u2013 Alexius Angelus Flavius, Prince of Macedonia<\/li><li>Year 458 \u2013 Alexius II Angelus Flavius Comnenus, Prince of Cilicia and Macedonia<\/li><li>Year 514 \u2013 Michael II Angelus Flavius Comnenus, Prince of Cilicia and Macedonia<\/li><li>Year 548 \u2013 Alexius Michael Flavius Comnenus, Prince of Cilicia and Macedonia<\/li><li>Year 586 \u2013 Angelus Michael Angelus Flavius Comnenus, Prince of Cilicia and Macedonia<\/li><li>Year 617 \u2013 Philip Basilius, Pepin Angelus Flavius Comnenus, Prince of Cilicia and Macedonia, Duke of Drivasto and Durr\u00ebs, Despot of the Peloponnese<\/li><li>Year 625 \u2013 Isaac Angelus Flavius Comnenus, Prince of Cilicia and Macedonia<\/li><li>Year 667 \u2013 Alexius III Angelus Flavius Comnenus, Prince of Cilicia and Macedonia<\/li><li>Year 719 \u2013 Constantine III Angelus Flavius Comnenus, Prince of Cilicia and Macedonia<\/li><li>Year 781 \u2013 Michael IV Angelos Flavius Comnenus, Prince of Cilicia and Macedonia<\/li><li>Year 820 \u2013 Constantine IV Angelus Flavius Comnenus, Prince of Cilicia and Macedonia, Duke of Drivasto and Durr\u00ebs<\/li><li>Year 905 \u2013 Alexius IV Angelus Flavius Comnenus, Prince of Cilicia and Macedonia, Duke of Drivasto and Durr\u00ebs<\/li><li>Year 953 \u2013 Michael V Angelos Flavius Comnenus, Prince of Cilicia and Macedonia, Duke of Drivasto and Durr\u00ebs, Curapalata of the Eastern Empire<\/li><li>Year 984 \u2013 Emmanuel, Michael Angelus Flavius Comnenus, Prefect of the Eastern Empire, Prince of Cilicia and Macedonia, Duke of Drivasto and Durr\u00ebs<\/li><li>Year 1021 \u2013 Isaac II Angelus Flavius Comnenus, Emperor (1057), renounced the Empire and the Grand Magistry in the year 1059.<\/li><li>Year 1059 \u2013 Alexius V Angelus Flavius Comnenus, born in 1048, Grand Domestic of the Empire, elected emperor in 1081<\/li><li>Year 1118 \u2013 John Angelus Flavius Comnenus, Emperor in 1118<\/li><li>Year 1143 \u2013 Isaac III Angelus Flavius Comnenus Sebastocrator<\/li><li>Year 1152 \u2013 Andronikos, Angelos Flavios Komnenos, Contostefanos, Grand Duke<\/li><li>Year 1190 \u2013 Isaac IV Angelos Flavius Comnenus, Emperor in 1185, reformer of the Order in 1190, deposed by his brother in 1195, restored in 1203<\/li><li>Year 1195 \u2013 Alexius VI Angelus Flavius Comnenus, Emperor in 1203 under the name Alexius III<\/li><li>Year 1204 \u2013 Alexius Andrew Angelus Flavius Comnenus, Prince of Macedonia and Thessaly, Duke and Count of Drivasto and Durr\u00ebs<\/li><li>Year 1260 \u2013 Michael VI Angelos Flavius Comnenus, Prince of Macedonia and Thessaly, Duke and Count of Drivasto and Durr\u00ebs<\/li><li>Year 1318 \u2013 Andrew Angelos Flavius Comnenus, Prince of Macedonia and Thessaly, Duke and Count of Drivasto and Durr\u00ebs<\/li><li>Year 1366 \u2013 Michael VII Angelos Flavius Comnenus, Prince of Macedonia and Thessaly, Duke and Count of Drivasto and Durr\u00ebs<\/li><li>Year 1410 \u2013 Paolo Angelo Flavio Comneno, Prince of Macedonia and Thessaly, Duke and Count of Drivasto and Durazzo, died during the siege of Constantinople on 24 May 1453.<\/li><li>Year 1453 \u2013 Andrew II Angelos Flavius Comnenus, brother of Paul, Prince of Macedonia and Thessaly, Duke and Count of Drivasto and Durr\u00ebs<\/li><li>Year 1479 \u2013 Peter I Angelo Flavio Comneno, brother of Paul, Archbishop of Drivasto and Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, Prince of Macedonia and Thessaly, Duke and Count of Drivasto and Durres<\/li><li>Year 1551 \u2013 John Demetrius Angelus Flavius Comnenus, Prince of Achaea, Macedonia and Thessaly, Duke and Count of Drivasto and Durr\u00ebs<\/li><li>Year 1570 \u2013 Girolamo Angelo Flavio Comneno, Prince of Thessalyo Angelo Flavio Comneno, Principe di Tessaglia<\/li><li>Year 1570 \u2013 Peter II Angelus Flavius Comnenus, Prince of Cilicia, Macedonia and Thessaly, Duke and Count of Drivasto and Durr\u00ebs<\/li><li>Year 1592 \u2013 Andrea Angelo, Flavius Comnenus, Prince of Macedonia and Thessaly, Duke and Count of Drivasto and Durr\u00ebs<\/li><li>Year 1634 \u2013 Maria Angelo Flavio Comneno, Prince of Macedonia, Cilicia and Thessaly, Duke and Count of Drivasto and Durres<\/li><li>Year 1678 \u2013 Maria Angelo II Flavio Comneno, Prince of Macedonia, Cilicia and Thessaly, Duke and Count of Drivasto and Durres<\/li><li>Year 1679 \u2013 Girolamo Angelo Flavio Comneno, Prince of Macedonia, Cilicia and Thessaly, Duke and Count of Drivasto and Durres<\/li><li>Year 1687 \u2013 Giovanni Andrea Angelo Flavio Comneno, Prince of Macedonia, Cilicia and Thessaly, Duke and Count of Drivasto and Durres<\/li><li>Year 1697 \u2013 Francesco I Farnese, Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro<\/li><li>Year 1727 \u2013 Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro<\/li><li>Year 1732 \u2013 Charles of Bourbon, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (1731\u20131737), King of Naples and King of Sicily (1735\u20131759) Succeeding his brother Ferdinand VI to the Spanish throne on 10 August 1759, on<br>6 October of the same year, he signed the act of cession of the throne of Naples and Sicily and of the Grand Magistry of the Constantinian Order in favour of his son Ferdinand.<\/li><li>Year 1759 \u2013 Ferdinand IV of Bourbon, King of Naples (1759\u20131816), Third King of Sicily (1759\u20131816), First King of the Two Sicilies (1816\u20131825)<\/li><li>Year 1825 \u2013 Francis I of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, King of the Two Sicilies (1825\u20131830)<\/li><li>Year 1830 \u2013 Ferdinand II of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, King of the Two Sicilies (1830\u20131859)<\/li><li>Year 1859 \u2013 Francis II of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, King of the Two Sicilies (1859\u20131861)<\/li><li>Year 1894 \u2013 Alfonso Maria of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Caserta, brother of King Francis II<\/li><li>Year 1934 \u2013 Ferdinand Pius of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro (1934\u20131960), son of Alfonso Maria<\/li><li>Year 1960 \u2013 Ranieri of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro (1960\u20131973), brother of Ferdinand Pius<\/li><li>Year 1973 \u2013 Ferdinand of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro, son of Ranieri<\/li><li>Year 2008 \u2013 Charles of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro, son of Ferdinand<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grand Magistry of the Bourbon Two Sicilies Grand Magistry and Royal House of Bourbon, the Catholic chivalric order of ancient origins, now under the Grand Magistry of the Royal House of Bourbon Two Sicilies, which promotes faith, charity and social commitment inspired by Christian values. constantinianorder.net Royal House of Bourbon Two Sicilies Contacts The 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