Carlos Gereda y de Borbón
| Carlos Gereda y de Borbón | |
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| Don Marquis | |
Don Carlos Gereda y de Borbón as
Grand Master of the Paris-Malta obedience of the Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910). |
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| Grand Master of the Paris-Malta obedience of the Order of Saint Lazarus | |
| Reign | 12 October 2008 – present |
| Predecessor |
Francisco de Borbón y Escasany François de Cossé-Brissac |
| (Jure uxoris) | |
| Reign | 15 February 1975 – present |
| Predecessor | Jaime Castellano y Mazarredo |
| Born |
24 January 1947 Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Spouse | Maríá las Nieves Castellano y Barón, Marchioness de Almazán |
| Father | Don Nicolás Gereda y Bustamante |
| Mother | Doña María Luisa de Borbón y Pínto |
| Religion | Catholic Church |
Don Carlos Gereda y de Borbón, Marqués de Almazán (born 24 January 1947 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Spanish , engineering entrepreneur and philanthropist.
The youngest son of Don Nicolás Gereda y Bustamante, his mother Doña María Luisa de Borbón y Pintó was the only daughter of , making Don Carlos a 5th great-grandson of King Carlos IV of Spain.
Carlos Gereda y de Borbón is pretendent Grand Master of the Paris-Malta obedience of the Order of Saint Lazarus (instituted 1910) since 2008, as such succeeding the Duque de Seville and the Duc de Brissac.
Don Carlos was born in Uruguay where his parents moved after the Spanish Civil War to run the country estate they had inherited.
Through his maternal grandfather, , 2nd Duke of Santa Elena, he is related to the Borbón family, being a 6th cousin once-removed of King Felipe VI of Spain.
Don Carlos spent his early childhood in Spain, before being sent to Ladycross Preparatory School in Sussex, England. He then attended Downside School, a Benedictine foundation in Somerset, before reading Industrial Engineering at the Complutense University of Madrid.
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