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Charles II, Duke of Parma circa 1860 After his abdication Charles Louis assumed the title of Count of Villafranca. [ 7 ] Living as a private man, he dedicated his time to hobbies, alternating his stays between Paris, Nice and the castle of Weistropp in Saxony.
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.
Charles III (Spanish: Carlos Sebastián de Borbón y Farnesio; [a] 20 January 1716 – 14 December 1788) was King of Spain in the years 1759 to 1788. He was also Duke of Parma and Piacenza, as Charles I (1731–1735); King of Naples, as Charles VII; and King of Sicily, as Charles III (1735–1759).
Subsequently, he was crowned Duke of Parma as Charles I before conquering the throne of Naples in 1734, following battles with Austrian troops. With the conclusion of the War of Polish Succession , as formalized by the Treaty of Vienna in 1738, the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza was returned to the Austrian Habsburgs , who administered it until 1745.
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 ...
Charles II, Duke of Parma 1847–1848: 22 December 1799 Madrid son of Louis of Etruria and Maria Louisa, Duchess of Lucca: Maria Teresa of Savoy 5 September 1820 2 children: 16 April 1883 Nice aged 84 Charles III, Duke of Parma 1848–1854: 14 January 1823 Lucca son of Charles II, Duke of Parma and Princess Maria Teresa of Savoy
Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma and Piacenza [1] (Carlos Xavier Bernardo Sixto Marie; born 27 January 1970), is the current (since 2010) Head of the Royal and Ducal House of Bourbon-Parma, who ruled the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza from 1748 to 1802 and from 1847 to 1859 (which includes the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg).
Portrait of the Prince when he was 15 by Sofonisba Anguissola, 1560. Alessandro, born 27 August 1545, was the son of Duke Ottavio Farnese of Parma (a grandson of Pope Paul III) and Margaret of Austria (an illegitimate daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor and king of Spain Charles V). [8]