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 The House of Bourbon-Parma ( it, Casa di Borbone di Parma) is a cadet branch of the Spanish royal family, whose members once ruled as King of Etruria and as Duke of Parma and Piacenza, Guastalla, and Lucca. The House descended from the Fren ...

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

Life

Robert Hugo was born at Schloss Weilburg in Baden bei Wien, the second but eldest surviving son of

Elias, Duke of Parma Elias I, Duke of Parma and Piacenza ( it, Elia di Borbone-Parma; 23 July 1880 – 27 June 1959) was the head of the House of Bourbon-Parma and pretender to the defunct throne of Parma between 1950 and 1959. From 1907 to 1950 he served as regent ...

and Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1882–1940). He succeeded his father Elias as head of the

upon his death in 1959, and maintained his style until his death in 1974 in

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. 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.Constantinian Order

Ancestry

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Robert Hugo Of Parma Pretenders to the throne of Parma Princes of Parma and Piacenza Princes of Bourbon-Parma House of Bourbon-Parma Knights of the Golden Fleece of Spain 1909 births 1974 deaths

Life

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