List of Dukes of Parma

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The Duchy of Parma was a small Italian state between 1545 and 1802, and again from 1814 to 1860.

The Duke of Parma was also Duke of Piacenza, except for the first years of the rule of Ottavio Farnese (1549-1556), and the time of the Napoleonic Dukes of Parma and Piacenza, when the two were established as separate positions held by two individuals. The Duke of Parma also usually held the title of Duke of Guastalla from 1735 (when Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor took it from Mantua) to 1847 (when the territory was ceded to Modena), again, except for the Napoleonic dukes, when Napoleon's sister Pauline was Duchess of Guastalla.

The position is currently held by a member of the Bourbon family, which also holds the Spanish throne. Therefore, the Duke of Parma is a legitimate (though not prime) claimant to the Kingdom of Spain; indeed, the current Duke of Parma, Carlos-Hugo, was a pretender to the Spanish throne in the 1970s (see Carlism).

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[edit] Farnese Dukes of Parma, 1545-1731

See also: Farnese

[edit] Bourbon Dukes of Parma, 1731-1735

See also: House of Bourbon and Bourbon family tree

[edit] Habsburg Dukes of Parma, 1735-1748

See also: Habsburg

[edit] Bourbon Dukes of Parma, 1748-1803

[edit] Napoleonic Dukes, 1808-1814

See also: Napoleon

These did not actually rule over any territory of Parma and Piacenza, but were of the honorary, hereditary type duché grand-fief.

[edit] Habsburg Dukes of Parma, 1814-1847

[edit] Bourbon Dukes of Parma, 1847-1860

[edit] Bourbon Dukes of Parma since 1860 (nominally)

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