Successor Duke Xavier Name Robert Duke | Religion Roman Catholicism | |
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Reign 27 June 1959 – 15 November 1974 Mother Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria Parents Elias, Duke of Parma, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria Grandparents Robert I, Duke of Parma Similar People Robert I - Duke of Parma, Elias - Duke of Parma, Philip - Duke of Parma, Infanta Alicia - Duchess, Princess Isabella of Croy |
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 Parma between 1959 and 1974.
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Biography
Robert Hugo was born at Schloss Weilburg 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 half-uncle Xavier.
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