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Robert I was the last sovereign Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1854 to 1859, when the duchy was annexed to Sardinia-Piedmont during the unification of Italy. Background He was a member of the House of Bourbon, descended from Philip, Duke of Parma the third son of King Philip V of Spain and Elizabeth Farnese.
Robert made these provisions to ensure that all his children, especially the handicapped and the younger ones, were well-provided. Robert also indicated that his eldest son, Enrico, should become Duke of Parma, but because of his mental incapacity, Prince Elias acted as regent.
Birth: 9.7.1848: Death: 16.11.1907 in Florence, Italy (59 years) Father: Duke Carlo III of Parma: Mother: Louise Marie Thérèse née d'Artois: Marriage: Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Wedding: 5.4.1869 in Rome
Born in Florence, Robert was the elder son of Charles III, Duke of Parma and Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois, daughter of Charles Ferdinand, duc de Berry and granddaughter of King Charles X of France. He succeeded his father to the ducal throne in 1854 upon the latter's assassination, when he was only six, while his mother stood as regent.
Prince René of Bourbon-Parma was the nineteenth child among the twenty four children of the last reigning Duke of Parma, Robert I (1848–1907). Prince Rene's mother was Duke Robert's second wife, Princess Maria Antonia, a daughter of the exiled King Miguel I of Portugal. By his father's first and second marriages, Rene had seventeen siblings ...
Sep 22, 2023 · Louise Marie Thérèse d'Artois (Louise Marie Thérèse; 21 September 1819 – 1 February 1864) was a duchess and later a regent of Parma. She was the eldest daughter of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, younger son of King Charles X of France and his wife Princess Carolina of Naples and Sicily, daughter of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies.
Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma. Mother. Maria of Portugal. Religion. Roman Catholicism. Ranuccio I Farnese (28 March 1569 – 5 March 1622) reigned as Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro from 1592. A firm believer in absolute monarchy, Ranuccio, in 1594, centralised the administration of Parma and Piacenza, thus rescinding the nobles' hitherto ...
