Robert Hugo, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (Italian: ''Roberto Ugo di Borbone-Parma''; 7 August 1909 – 15 November 1974) was the head of the
House of Bourbon-Parma
The House of Bourbon-Parma () is a cadet branch of the Spanish royal family, whose members once ruled as King of Etruria and as Duke of Parma and Piacenza, Duke of Guastalla, Guastalla, and Duke of Lucca, Lucca. The House descended from the Fre ...
and the pretender to the defunct throne of the
Duchy of Parma
The Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (, ) was an Italian state created in 1545 and located in northern Italy, in the current region of Emilia-Romagna.
Originally a realm of the Farnese family after Pope Paul III made it a hereditary duchy for his s ...
between 1959 and 1974.
Life
Robert Hugo was born at the
Weilburg Palace in
Baden bei Wien
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, the second but eldest surviving son of
Elias, Duke of Parma and
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1882–1940). He succeeded his father Elias as head of the
House of Bourbon-Parma
The House of Bourbon-Parma () is a cadet branch of the Spanish royal family, whose members once ruled as King of Etruria and as Duke of Parma and Piacenza, Duke of Guastalla, Guastalla, and Duke of Lucca, Lucca. The House descended from the Fre ...
upon his death in 1959, and maintained his style until his death in 1974 in
Vienna
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. He died unmarried and without issue, and was succeeded by his agnatic half-uncle
Xavier.
Honours
*
Calabrian House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the
Calabrian Two Sicilian Order of Saint George.
Constantinian Order
Ancestry
See also
*Duchy of Parma
The Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (, ) was an Italian state created in 1545 and located in northern Italy, in the current region of Emilia-Romagna.
Originally a realm of the Farnese family after Pope Paul III made it a hereditary duchy for his s ...
*House of Bourbon-Parma
The House of Bourbon-Parma () is a cadet branch of the Spanish royal family, whose members once ruled as King of Etruria and as Duke of Parma and Piacenza, Duke of Guastalla, Guastalla, and Duke of Lucca, Lucca. The House descended from the Fre ...
References
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Pretenders to the throne of Parma
Princes of Parma and Piacenza
Princes of Bourbon-Parma
House of Bourbon-Parma
Knights of the Golden Fleece of Spain
1909 births
1974 deaths