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Two months later, in December 1847, at the death of the former Empress Marie Louise, he succeeded her as the reigning Duke of Parma according to what had been stipulated by the Congress of Vienna. His reign in Parma as Duke Charles II was brief. He was ill-received by his new subjects and within a few months he was ousted by a revolution.
The Duke of Parma also usually held the title of Duke of Guastalla from 1746 (when Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor occupied the Duchy of Guastalla after the last Gonzaga duke died childless) until 1847 (when the territory was ceded to Modena), except for the Napoleonic era, when Napoleon's sister Pauline was briefly Duchess of Guastalla and of ...
Duke Charles II in Order of Santiago habit. In accordance with the terms of the Treaty of Paris, the duchy was returned to the House of Bourbon-Parma upon the death of Marie-Louise. The head of the family at the time was Charles-Louis, son of the former King Louis I of Etruria, who had been Duke of Lucca since 1824. However, the situation was ...
In 1556, the second Duke, Ottavio Farnese, was given the city of Piacenza, becoming thus also Duke of Piacenza, and so the state was thereafter properly known as the Duchies of Parma and Piacenza. The House of Farnese continued to rule the duchies until 1731 and the death of the last male-line duke, Antonio .
On September 8, 2022, after 70 years as heir to the throne, the man formerly known as Prince Charles officially became king following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
Charles’s words came shortly after his mother’s death at Balmoral was confirmed. King Charles III speaks of his family’s grief after Queen’s death aged 96 Skip to main content
Charles III (Italian: Carlo III di Borbone, Duca di Parma e Piacenza; 14 January 1823 – 27 March 1854) was the duke of Parma from 1849 to 1854. He was the only son of Duke Charles II of Parma and was educated in Saxony and Vienna. He grew up as a restless young man and traveled extensively while he was the hereditary prince of Lucca.
King Charles III's death hoax can finally be laid to rest. The 75-year-old monarch was photographed leaving Windsor Castle and arriving at Clarence House on Tuesday morning (March 19).