Robert II, Duke of Parma

Robert II, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (Italian: "Roberto II, Duca di Parma e Piacenza"; 1909 – 1974) was the head of the House of Bourbon-Parma and the titular duke of Parma from 1959 till 1974.

Biography

Robert II was born 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 Duke of Parma upon his death in 1950. He continued to be styled as Robert II, Duke of Parma, until his death in 1974. He died unmarried and without issue, and was succeeded by his half-uncle Xavier.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Robert II, Duke of Parma
2= 2. Elias, Duke of Parma
3= 3. Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria
4= 4. Robert I, Duke of Parma
5= 5. Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
6= 6. Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen
7= 7. Princess Isabella of Croÿ
8= 8. Charles III, Duke of Parma
9= 9. Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France
10= 10. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
11= 11. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria
12= 12. Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria
13= 13. Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
14= 14. Rudolf Maximilian Konstantin, 11th Duke of Croÿ
15= 15. Princess Natalie of Ligne
16= 16. Charles II, Duke of Parma
17= 17. Princess Maria Teresa of Savoy
18= 18. Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry
19= 19. Princess Caroline Ferdinande Louise of the Two Sicilies
20= 20. Francis I of the Two Sicilies
21= 21. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain
22= 22. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
23= 23. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg
24= 24. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (= 22)
25= 25. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg (= 23)
26= 26. Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
27= 27. Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg
28= 28. Alfred Franz Friedrich Philipp, 10th Duke of Croÿ
29= 29. Princess Eleonore Wilhelmine Luise of Salm-Salm
30= 30. Eugène Lamoral, Prince of Ligne
31= 31. Augusta Charlotte Nathalie de Trazegnies

ee also

*List of Dukes of Parma
*Duchy of Parma