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Matthew Festing
Robert Matthew Festing (born 30 November 1949) served as Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 2008 until his resignation following a dispute with the Vatican on 28 January 2017.
Family.
Festing is the youngest of four sons born to Field Marshal Sir Francis Festing, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, a Roman Catholic convert who became a Knight of Malta, and Mary Cecilia ("née" Riddell), the elder daughter of Cuthbert David Giffard Riddell of Swinburne Castle,
his father and grandfather, were:
- Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro and Grand Master
- Antonio Maria of Bourbon Two Sicilies
- Francesco Maria of Bourbon Two Sicilies
- Gennaro Maria of Bourbon Two Sicilies
- Luigi Alfonso Maria of Bourbon Two Sicilies
- Alessandro Enrico Maria of Bourbon Two Sicilies
- Casimiro Maria of Bourbon Two Sicilies
- Matthew Festing, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
- Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza
- Jean, Count of Paris (