Duke of Parma - Definition and Overview

The Duchy of Parma was a small Italian state between 1545 and 1802, and again from 1814 to 1860.

The Duke of Parma was also Duke of Piacenza, except for the first years of the rule of Ottavio Farnese (1549-1556), and the time of the Napoleonic Dukes of Parma and Piacenza

Farnese Dukes of Parma, 1545-1731

• Piero Lodovico 1545-1547
• Ottavio 1547-1586
• Alessandro 1586-1592
• Ranuccio I 1592-1622
• Odoardo 1622-1646
• Ranuccio II 1646-1694
• Francesco 1694-1727
• Antonio Francesco 1727-1731

Bourbon Dukes of Parma, 1731-1735

• Charles I 1731-1735

Habsburg Dukes of Parma, 1735-1748

• Emperor Charles VI 1735-1740
• Maria Theresa 1740-1748

Bourbon Dukes of Parma, 1748-1802

• Philip 1748-1765
• Ferdinand 1765-1802

Napoleonic Dukes, 1808-1814

• Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, Duke of Parma 1808-1814
• Charles François Lebrun, Duke of Piacenza 1808-1814

these did not actually rule over the territory of Parma and Piacenza

Habsburg Dukes of Parma, 1814-1847

• Maria Luisa 1814-1847

Bourbon Dukes of Parma, 1847-1860

• Charles II Louis 1847-1848
• Charles III 1848-1854
• Robert I 1854-1860

Bourbon Dukes of Parma since 1860

• Roberto I 1860-1907
• Enrico 1907-1939
• Giuseppe 1939-1950
• Elias (regent 1907-1950) 1950-1959
• Roberto II 1959-1974
• Xavier 1974-1977
• Carlos Hugo 1977-present

See also

• House of Bourbon - Bourbon family tree