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Robert Hugo, Duke of Parma

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Successor
  
Duke Xavier

House
  
House of Bourbon-Parma

Name
  
Robert Duke


Religion
  
Roman Catholicism

Father
  
Elias, Duke of Parma

Predecessor
  
Elias, Duke of Parma

Robert Hugo, Duke of Parma

Reign
  
27 June 1959 – 15 November 1974

Born
  
7 August 1909 Weilburg, Baden bei Wien (
1909-08-07
)

Mother
  
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria

Died
  
November 15, 1974, Vienna, 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.

Honour

  • Calabrian House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Calabrian Two Sicilian Order of Saint George.
  • References

    Robert Hugo, Duke of Parma Wikipedia