LIST OF DUKES OF PARMA

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Coat of arms of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza.

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).

Contents
Dukes of Parma
House of Farnese 1545–1731
House of Bourbon 1731–1735
House of Habsburg 1735–1748
House of Bourbon 1748–1803
Honorary Dukes
Dukes of Parma
House of Habsburg 1814–1847
House of Bourbon, 1847–1860
Nominal Bourbon Dukes of Parma (since 1860)

Dukes of Parma


House of Farnese 1545–1731


Pier Luigi, 1545–1547

Ottavio, 1547–1586

Alessandro, 1586–1592

Ranuccio I, 1592–1622

Odoardo, 1622–1646

Ranuccio II, 1646–1694

Francesco, 1694–1727

Antonio, 1727–1731
House of Bourbon 1731–1735


Charles I (first son of King Philip V of Spain and Elizabeth Farnese), 1731–1735
House of Habsburg 1735–1748


Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1735–1740

Maria Theresa of Austria, 1740–1748
House of Bourbon 1748–1803


Philip, Duke of Parma (third son of King Philip V of Spain and Elizabeth Farnese), 1748–1765

Ferdinand, Duke of Parma (son of the preceding), 1765–1802, since 1796 nominal Duke

Honorary Dukes


These did not actually rule over any territory of Parma and Piacenza, but were of the honorary, hereditary type duché grand-fief, granted by Napoleon in 1808.

Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, duc de Parme, i.e. Duke of Parma

Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, i.e. Duke of Piacenza

Dukes of Parma


House of Habsburg 1814–1847


Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, 1814–1847
House of Bourbon, 1847–1860


Charles II, Duke of Parma (grandson of Ferdinand, Duke of Parma), 1847–1848

Charles III, Duke of Parma (son of preceding), 1848–1854

Robert I, Duke of Parma (son of preceding), 1854–1860

Nominal Bourbon Dukes of Parma (since 1860)



★ Robert I, Duke of Parma, 1860–1907

Henry, Duke of Parma (son of preceding), 1907–1939

Joseph, Duke of Parma (younger brother of preceding), 1939–1950

Elias, Duke of Parma (younger brother of preceding), 1950–1959

Robert II, Duke of Parma (son of preceding), 1959–1974

Xavier, Duke of Parma (half-uncle of preceding), 1974–1977

Carlos Hugo of Bourbon, Duke of Parma (son of preceding), since 1977

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