Pretenders to the throne of Parma

This is a list of pretenders to the throne of Parma, which was ruled by the House of Bourbon-Parma until 1859 when the ducal family escaped after the Italian national insurrection linked to the Second Italian War of Independence.

Duke

Portrait

Birth

Marriages

Death

Robert I, Duke of Parma
1859–1907
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9 July 1848
Florence
son of Charles III, Duke of Parma and Louise Marie Thérèse of France

(1) Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies
5 April 1869
12 children

(2) Maria Antonia of Portugal
15 October 1884
12 children

16 November 1907
Viareggio
aged 63

Henry of Bourbon-Parma
1907–1939
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13 June 1873
Wartegg
son of Robert I, Duke of Parma and Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies

never married

16 November 1939
Pianore
aged 66

Joseph of Bourbon-Parma
1939–1950
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30 June 1875
Biarritz
son of Robert I, Duke of Parma and Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies

never married

7 January 1950
Pianore
aged 75

Elias of Bourbon-Parma
1950–1959
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23 July 1880
Biarritz
son of Robert I, Duke of Parma and Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies

Maria Anna of Austria
25 May 1903
Vienna
8 children

27 June 1959
Friedberg
aged 79

Robert (II) Hugo of Bourbon-Parma
1959–1974
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7 August 1909
Weilburg
son of Elias of Bourbon-Parma and Maria Anna of Austria

never married

25 November 1974
Vienna
aged 65

Xavier of Bourbon-Parma
1974–1977

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25 May 1889
Viareggio
son of Robert I, Duke of Parma and Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal

Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset
12 November 1927
Lignières
6 children

7 May 1977
Zizers
aged 87

Carlos (IV) Hugo of Bourbon-Parma
1977–2010

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8 April 1930
Paris
son of Xavier of Bourbon-Parma and Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset

Princess Irene of the Netherlands
29 April 1964
Rome
4 children

18 August 2010
Barcelona
aged 80

Carlos (V) of Bourbon-Parma
since 2010

-

27 January 1970
Nijmegen
son of Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma and Princess Irene of the Netherlands

Annemarie Gualthérie van Weezel
12 June 2010
Wijk bij Duurstede (civil)

incumbent

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