Prince Jaime of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Noto (born 26 June 1992) is Spanish aristocrat and heir to the headship of House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies as eldest son of Prince Pedro, Duke of Calabria.

Biography 

Jaime was born on 26 June 1992 in Madrid, Spain as the illegitimate son of then Prince Pedro, Duke of Noto (born 16 October 1968) and Sofia Landaluce y Melgarejo (born 23 November 1973). He was later Legitimized by his parents marriage, following which he was joined by six siblings, three brothers and three sisters.

His paternal grandparents are Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria (1938–2015), and his wife, Princess Anne of Orléans.

The maternal grandparents are Don José Manuel Landaluce y Dominguez (born 1944) and Doña Blanca Melgarejo y Gonzales (1946–2009). Jaime is a great-grandson of the late Count and Countess of Paris.

The Duke of Noto was educated at the Centro Universitario Villanueva (with a degree in law), and then a master's degree in management from the IE University Business School. From September 2018 - January 2022 he was a director of the Plug and Play Tech Center (a leading global company specializing in early-stage investing, and as an accelerator and corporate innovator), in Paris and from July 2019 also in Spain. Then after serving as a director at Heritahge Holdings (Jan 2022-June 2023) he joined Aquiline Capital Partners, London, in July 2023.

Claim to the throne 

Jaime's grandfather the Infante Don Carlos, Duke of Calabria, had to consider whether the future marriage of  Prince Pedro to Sofia Landaluce y Melgarejo would meet the conditions established in the Sovereign Act, signed in Naples, 7 April 1829, Law no. 2362, which gave the "head of Our House of Bourbon... such authority as is necessary to protect the purity and splendour of the throne", by requiring all members of the dynasty to have formal permission to marry. This was confirmed in the Sovereign Act. signed at Naples, 12 March 1836. Law no. 3331. The marriages of all members of the dynasty that had been considered capable of transmitting dynastic rights had been to royal princesses until the marriage of  Prince Ranieri to Countess Carolina Zamoyska in 1929. The ultimate decision of the Infante Carlos to permit his son's marriage to be considered a dynastic marriage followed the marriages of the daughters of  King Juan Carlos without them being required to renounce their right of succession to the Spanish throne, and a change in the marriage rules of the House of Austria. The Infante Carlo and his wife attended the marriage of Prince Pedro, then duke of Noto, on 30 March 2001 and the marriage is treated as a dynastic marriage transmitting full right of succession to all the children of Prince Pedro and his wife. It was made clear by the date of the marriage of the future  King Felipe VI in 2004 that the children of Prince Pedro and his wife had full dynastic rights and the children of the Duke and Duchess of Noto (titled Duke and Duchess of Calabria since 2015) bear the style of Royal Highness and the title of Prince(ss) of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

Marriage 

On 25 September 2021 at Monreale Cathedral in Palermo Jaime married Lady Charlotte Lindesay-Bethune, youngest daughter of James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay and his wife, Diana Mary Chamberlayne-Macdonald.

As of July 2023, the Duke and Duchess of Noto are expecting their first child.

Titles and styles 

26 June 1992 - 30 March 2001: Don Jaime de Borbón y Landaluce

30 March 2001 - 6 May 2013: His Royal Highness Jaime de Borbón y Landaluce, Prince of the Two Sicilies

6 May 2013 - 5 November 2015: His Royal Highness Jaime de Borbón y Landaluce, Duke of Capua, Prince of the Two Sicilies

5 November 2015 – present: His Royal Highness Jaime de Borbón y Landaluce, Duke of Noto, Prince of the Two Sicilies

Honours 

Bailiff Grand Cross of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (2013).
 Grand Prefect and President of the Royal Deputation of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George since 5 November 2015
 knight of the Order of Saint Januarius 2018. 
knight of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
knight of the Order of Alcántara

References

1992 births
Jaime
Nobility from Madrid
Dukes of Noto
Living people