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Duke of Galliera

Italian noble title

Arms of Dukes of Galliera of the [[House of Orléans

Duke of Galliera is a title of Italian nobility that has been created several times for members of different families. The name of the title refers to the comune of Galliera, which is located in the Province of Bologna in Emilia–Romagna.

History

The title was first created in 1812 by Napoleon I for Josephine of Leuchtenberg, daughter of Eugène de Beauharnais (and granddaughter of Napoleon's first wife, Josephine). She kept the title even after she married Oscar, Crown Prince of Sweden. Napoleon had already given her the Palazzo Caprara in Bologna in 1807, which was renamed the Palazzo Galliera.

In 1837, after a decade of negotiations, Crown Prince Oscar sold properties attached to the dukedom to Marquis Raffaele de Ferrari of Genoa. The following year, the marquis received the title of Duke of Galliera from Pope Gregory XVI. In 1839, King Charles Albert of Sardinia confirmed the grant to the marquis and added the title of Prince of Lucedio.

With his wife, Maria Brignole-Sale, the new Duke of Galliera had three children, but two of them died young and childless. The third, the famous philatelist Philipp von Ferrary, renounced the title and the inheritance to which it was linked.

In 1877, after the death of her husband, Maria Brignole-Sale (a fervent Orléanist) bequeathed his Italian properties to Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, the youngest son of Louis-Philippe I, King of the French. After the death of Maria Brignole-Sale in 1888, Prince Antoine received the ducal title of Galliera from King Umberto I of Italy. Since then, the title of Duke of Galliera has belonged to the Orléans branch of the Spanish royal family, although the properties attached to the dukedom were sold by Infante Antonio in 1920.

Bernadotte-Leuchtenberg dukes

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Josephine
1812–1837	[[File:Josefina,_1807-1876,_drottning_av_Sverige_och_Norge_prinsessa_av_Leuchtenberg_(Sophie_Adlersparre)_-_Nationalmuseum_-_15092.tif	125px	center]]	14 March 1807
Milan
eldest daughter of Eugène de Beauharnais and Princess Augusta of Bavaria	19 June 1823
Stockholm
five children	7 June 1876
Stockholm
aged 69
Oscar
1823–1837	[[File:Oscar I porträtterad 1836 av Fredric Westin.jpg	125px	center]]	4 July 1799
Paris
only son of Charles XIV John of Sweden and Désirée Clary	8 July 1859
Stockholm
aged 60

Ferrari Brignole-Sale dukes

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death
Raffaele de Ferrari
1838–1876	[[File:Luigi Raffaele De Ferrari.jpg	125px	center]]	6 July 1803
Genoa
son of Andrea de Ferrari and Livia Ignazia Pallavicino	c. 1828
three children	23 November 1876
Genoa
aged 73
Maria de Brignole-Sale
1876–1888	[[File:Léon Cogniet - Portrait de Maria Brignole-Sale De Ferrari.jpg	125px	center]]	5 April 1811
Genoa
daughter of Antoine Brignole-Sale, Marchese di Groppoli and Arthemisa Negrone, of Genoa	9 December 1888
Genoa
aged 76

Orléans dukes

Name	Portrait	Arms	Birth	Marriages	Death
Prince Antoine
1888–1890	[[File:1824-1890AntoineBourbon.jpg	125px	center]]	[[File:Coat of Arms of Prince Antoine of Orléans, Duke of Montpensier as an Infante of Spain.svg	frameless	189x189px]]	31 July 1824
Château de Neuilly, Neuilly-sur-Seine
fifth son of Louis-Philippe of France and Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily	Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain
10 October 1846
Madrid
ten children	4 February 1890
Palacio de Orleans-Borbón, Sanlúcar de Barrameda
aged 65
Infante Antonio
1890–1930	[[File:Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera.jpg	125px	center]]	[[File:Coat of Arms of Infante Antonio of Spain (1866-1930), Duke of Galliera.svg	frameless	198x198px]]	23 February 1866
Seville
only surviving son of Antoine and Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain	Infanta Eulalia of Spain
6 March 1886
Madrid
three children	24 December 1930
Paris
aged 64
Infante Alfonso
1930–1975	[[File:Alfonso de Orleans, de Franzen.jpg	125px	center]]	[[File:Coat of Arms of Alfonso of Orleans, V Duke of Galliera.svg	frameless	193x193px]]	12 November 1886
Madrid
eldest son of Antonio and Infanta Eulalia of Spain	Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
15 July 1909
St. Augustine's Church, Coburg
three children	6 August 1975
Sanlúcar de Barrameda
aged 88
Infante Álvaro
1975–1997	[[File:Álvaro de Orleans y Sajonia-Coburgo-Gotha, Duke of Galliera.jpg	125px	center]]	[[File:Coat of Arms of Alvaro of Orleans, 6th Duke of Galliera.svg	frameless	191x191px]]	20 April 1910
Coburg
eldest son of Alfonso and Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	Carla Parodi-Delfino
10 July 1937
Rome
four children	22 August 1997
Monte Carlo
aged 87
Don Alfonso
1997–present	[[File:Coat of Arms of the House of Orleans-Galliera (Since 1997).svg	125px	center]]	[[File:Coat of Arms of the House of Orleans-Galliera (Since 1997).svg	125px	center]]	2 January 1968
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
eldest son of Don Alonso de Orleans-Borbón y Parodi-Delfino and Emilia Ferrara-Pignatelli	Véronique Goeders
28 March 1994
Paris
one son	living

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