House of Bourbon-Parma
| House of Bourbon-Parma | |
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| Parent house | House of Bourbon |
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| Founded | 18 October 1748 |
| Founder | Philip |
| Final ruler | Robert I |
| Current head | Carlos |
| Deposition | 9 June 1859 |
| Cadet branches | House of Bourbon-Parma-Luxembourg |
The House of Bourbon-Parma (Italian: Casa di Borbone di Parma) is an Italian cadet branch of the House of Bourbon. It is thus descended from the Capetian dynasty in male line. The name of Bourbon-Parma comes from the main name (Bourbon) and the other (Parma) from the title of Duke of Parma. The title was held by the Spanish Bourbons as the founder was the great-grandson of Duke Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma.
Since 1964 a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon-Parma rules Luxembourg as Grand Duke.
Duchy of Parma
The Duchy of Parma was created in 1545 from that part of the Duchy of Milan south of the Po River, as a fief for Pope Paul III's illegitimate son, Pier Luigi Farnese, centered on the city of Parma. In 1556, the second Duke, Ottavio Farnese, was given the city of Piacenza, becoming thus also Duke of Piacenza, and so the state was thereafter properly known as the Duchies of Parma and Piacenza.
The Farnese family continued to rule until their extinction in 1731, at which point the duchy was inherited by the young son of the King of Spain, Charles, whose mother Elisabeth was a member of the Farnese family. He ruled until the end of the War of the Polish Succession in 1735, when Parma was ceded to Emperor Charles VI in exchange for the Two Sicilies.
Temporary Habsburg rule
The Habsburgs only ruled until the conclusion of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748, when it was ceded back to the Bourbons in the person of Philip, Charles's younger brother. As duke Philip, he became the founder of the House of Bourbon-Parma.
In 1796, the duchy was occupied by French troops under Napoleon Bonaparte. In the Treaty of Aranjuez of 1801, duke Ferdinand formally agreed to cede the duchy to Napoleon. The territories were integrated into the Cisalpine Republic until 1802, the Italian Republic, from 1802 until 1805, and the Kingdom of Italy, from 1805 until 1808, until in 1808 the French Empire annexed them and formed out of them the Département of Taro.
In 1814, the duchies were restored under Napoleon's Habsburg wife, Marie Louise, who was to rule them for her lifetime. The duchy was renamed duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, the name that it retained until the end.
Return to the Bourbons
After Marie Louise's death in 1847, the Duchy was restored to the Bourbon-Parma line, which had been ruling the tiny duchy of Lucca. The Bourbons ruled until 1859, when they were driven out by a revolution following the Sardinian victory in their war against Austria.
The duchies of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla and the duchy of Lucca joined with the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the duchy of Modena to form the United Provinces of Central Italy in December 1859, and were annexed to the Kingdom of Sardinia in March 1860. The House of Bourbon continues to claim the title of duke of Parma to this day. Carlos-Hugo (Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne in the 1970s) has held the title since 1977.
The Dukes
House of Bourbon-Parma 1731–1735
| Duke | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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| Charles, Duke of Parma 1731–1735 |  | 20 January 1716 Madrid son of Philip V of Spain and Elizabeth of Parma | Maria Amalia of Saxony 1738 13 children | 14 December 1788 Madrid aged 72 |
House of Bourbon-Parma 1748–1803
| Duke | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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| Philip, Duke of Parma 1748–1765 |  | 15 March 1720 Madrid son of Philip V of Spain and Elizabeth of Parma | Louise-Elisabeth de Bourbon 25 October 1739 3 children | 18 July 1765 Alessandria aged 45 |
| Ferdinand, Duke of Parma 1765–1802 nominal since 1796 |  | 20 January 1751 Parma son of Philip, Duke of Parma and Louise-Elisabeth de Bourbon | Archduchess Marie Amalie of Austria 19 July 1769 7 children | 9 October 1802 Fontevivo aged 51 |
During the French ownership of the Duchy of Parma, the title of Duke of Parma was used as an honorary form and style. From 1808, the title was used by Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès. He kept the style of Duc de Parme till 1814. Only in 1847 the actual title was restored to the Bourbons after a period of being held by Marie Louise of Austria, wife of Napoleon I who was a Habsburg.
House of Bourbon-Parma, 1847–1859
| Duke | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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| Charles II, Duke of Parma 1847–1848 |  | 22 December 1799 Madrid son of Louis of Etruria and Maria Louisa, Duchess of Lucca | Maria Teresa of Savoy 5 September 1820 2 children | 16 April 1883 Nice aged 84 |
| Charles III, Duke of Parma 1848–1854 |  | 14 January 1823 Lucca son of Charles II, Duke of Parma and Princess Maria Teresa of Savoy | Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France 10 November 1845 4 children | 27 March 1854 Parma aged 31 |
| Robert I, Duke of Parma 1854–1859 |  | 20 January 1848 Florence son of Charles III, Duke of Parma and Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France | Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies 5 April 1869 12 children Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal 15 October 1884 12 children | 16 November 1907 Pianore aged 59 |
Nominal Dukes of Parma (since 1859)
| Duke | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
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| Robert I, Duke of Parma 1859–1907 titular | | 9 July 1848 Florence son of Charles III, Duke of Parma and Louise Marie Thérèse of France | Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies 1869 12 children Maria Antonia of Portugal 1884 12 children | 16 November 1907 Viareggio aged 63 |
| Henry, Duke of Parma 1907–1939 titular |  | 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, Duke of Parma 1939–1950 titular |  | 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, Duke of Parma 1950–1959 titular |  | 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, Duke of Parma 1959–1974 titular |  | 7 August 1909 Weilburg son of Elias, Duke of Parma and Maria Anna of Austria | never married | 25 November 1974 Vienna aged 65 |
| Xavier, Duke of Parma 1974–1977 titular | 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 Hugo, Duke of Parma 1977–2010 titular |  | 8 April 1930 Paris son of Xavier, Duke of Parma and Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset | Princess Irene of the Netherlands 29 April 1964 Rome 4 children | 18 August 2010 Barcelona aged 80 |
| Carlos, Duke of Parma since 2010 titular | - | 27 January 1970 Nijmegen son of Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma and Princess Irene of the Netherlands | Annemarie Gualthérie van Weezel 12 June 2010 Wijk bij Duurstede (civil) | incumbent |
Family
- Carlos, Duke of Parma, born on 27 January 1970
Annemarie, Duchess of Parma, born on 18 December 1977- Carlos Klynstra (illegitimate), born on 20 January 1997
- Princess Luisa of Bourbon-Parma, born on 9 May 2012
- Princess Cecilia of Bourbon Parma, born on 17 October 2013
- Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma, born on 13 October 1972
Tajlling ten Cate, born on 23 December 1975- Julia ten Cate, born on 3 September 2008
- Paola ten Cate, born on 25 February 2011
- Prince Jaime, Count of Bardi, born on 13 October 1972
Viktória, Countess of Bardi, born on 25 May 1982 - Princess Carolina, Marchioness of Sala, born on 23 June 1974
Albert Brenninkmeijer, born on 16 May 1974
Grand Duchy of Luxemburg
Since 1964, the House of Bourbon-Parma has reigned agnatically in Luxembourg when upon the abdication of his mother Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ascended the throne. Jean was the son of Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, a younger son of Robert I of Parma, and Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. Charlotte's descendants have since reigned as the continued dynasty of Nassau-Weilburg.
In October 2000 Jean abdicated the Luxembourgian throne in favour of his eldest son Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
| Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Succession right |
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| Jean 12 November 1964 – 7 October 2000 |
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5 January 1921 Colmar-Berg |
Grand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte 9 April 1953 [5 children] |
Son of Charlotte |
| Henri 7 October 2000 – Present |
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16 April 1955 Betzdorf |
Grand Duchess Maria Teresa 4 February/14 February 1981 [5 children] |
Son of Jean |
See also
- List of Dukes of Parma
- Pretenders to the throne of Parma
- Descendants of Louis XIV of France which includes them
External links
- Official website of the House of Bourbon-Parma (language: Italian and Spanish)
- Website of the Royal and Ducal House of Bourbon-Parma (language: Italian)