Robert Hugo, Duke of Parma

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Robert Hugo

Duke of Parma

Head of the House of Bourbon-Parma

Tenure

27 June 1959 – 15 November 1974

Predecessor

Duke Elias

Successor

Duke Xavier

Born

7 August 1909
Weilburg Palace, Baden bei Wien, Austria

Died

25 November 1974 (aged 65)
Vienna, Austria

Names
Robert Hugo Rainier Alexis Louis Henry Deodatus Elias Pius Maria

House

House of Bourbon-Parma

Father

Elias, Duke of Parma

Mother

Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria

Religion

Roman Catholicism

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 and the pretender to the defunct throne of the Duchy of Parma between 1959 and 1974.

Life

Robert Hugo was born at the Weilburg Palace in Baden bei Wien, 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 upon his death in 1959, and maintained his style until his death in 1974 in Vienna. 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.^[1]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Robert Hugo, Duke of Parma

8. Charles III, Duke of Parma

4. Robert I, Duke of Parma

9. Princess Louise of Artois

2. Elias, Duke of Parma

10. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies

5. Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

11. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria

1. Robert Hugo, Duke of Parma

12. Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria

6. Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen

13. Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria

3. Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria

14. Rudolf, 11th Duke of Croÿ

7. Princess Isabella of Croÿ

15. Princess Natalie of Ligne

References

^ Constantinian Order Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine

Titles in pretence
Robert Hugo, Duke of Parma House of Bourbon-Parma Cadet branch of the House of Bourbon Born: 1909 Died: 1974
Preceded by Elias	— TITULAR — Duke of Parma 1959–1974 Reason for succession failure: Annexed by Kingdom of Italy	Succeeded by Xavier

v t e Dukes of Parma
Pier Luigi (1545–47) Ottavio (1556–86) Alexander (1586–92) Ranuccio I (1592–1622) Odoardo (1622–46) Ranuccio II (1646–94) Francesco (1694–1727) Antonio (1727–31) Charles I (1731–35) Charles II (1735–40) Maria Theresa (1740–48) Philip (1748–65) Ferdinand (1765–1802) Cambacérès (Parma) (1808-1814) Lebrun (Piacenza) (1808-1814) Marie Louise (1814–47) Charles Louis (1847–49) Charles III (1849–54) Robert I (1854–1859)
Held in pretence, no implied sovereignty: Robert* (1859–1907) Henry* (1907–39) Joseph* (1939–50) Elias* (1950–59) Robert II* (1959–74) Xavier* (1974–77) Carlos Hugo* (1977–2010) Carlos* (2010–present)
* denotes titular Duke

v t e Princes of Parma
1st generation	Ottavio, Duke of Parma Prince Alessandro Prince Rannucio
2nd generation	Alexander, Duke of Parma
3rd generation	Ranuccio I, Duke of Parma Cardinal-Prince Odoardo
4th generation	Odoardo, Duke of Parma
5th generation	Ranuccio II, Duke of Parma Prince Alessandro
6th generation	Odoardo, Hereditary Prince of Parma Francesco, Duke of Parma Antonio, Duke of Parma
7th generation	None
8th generation	None
9th generation	Ferdinand I, Duke of Parma
10th generation	Louis I of Etruria
11th generation	Charles II, Duke of Parma
12th generation	Charles III, Duke of Parma
13th generation	Robert I, Duke of Parma Prince Henry, Count of Bardi
14th generation	Henry, Duke of Parma Joseph, Duke of Parma Elias, Duke of Parma Prince Sixtus Xavier, Duke of Parma Felix, Prince Consort of Luxembourg* Prince René Prince Gaetano
15th generation	Robert II, Duke of Parma Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma Prince Sixtus Henry, Duke of Aranjuez Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg^ Prince Charles^ Prince Jacques Prince Michel
16th generation	Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma Prince Jaime, Count of Bardi Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg^ Prince Jean^ Prince Guillaume^ Prince Robert^
^*also prince of Luxembourg ^{^}also prince of Nassau

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