Carlos | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Duke of Parma | |||||
Head of the House of Bourbon-Parma | |||||
Period | 18 August 2010 – present | ||||
Predecessor | Carlos Hugo | ||||
Heir Apparent | Hereditary Prince Carlos | ||||
Born |
Nijmegen, Netherlands |
27 January 1970 ||||
Spouse | Annemarie Gualthérie van Weezel (m. 2010) | ||||
Issue | Prince Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma Princess Luisa of Bourbon-Parma Princess Cecilia of Bourbon-Parma Carlos, Hereditary Prince of Parma |
||||
|
|||||
House | Bourbon-Parma | ||||
Father | Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma | ||||
Mother | Princess Irene of the Netherlands | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Full name | |
---|---|
Carlos Xavier Bernardo Sixto Marie |
Dutch royal family |
---|
|
Extended royal family
* Member of the Dutch royal house
|
Styles of Carlos, Duke of Parma |
|
---|---|
Reference style | His Royal Highness |
Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
Alternative style | Sir |
HRH Princess Margriet *
Professor Pieter van Vollenhoven *
Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (born 27 January 1970) is the current head of the Royal and Ducal House of Bourbon-Parma, as well a member of the Dutch Royal Family. He is the uncontested traditional claimant to the defunct throne of the Duchy of Parma under the name Carlo V (English: Charles V), and is a contested pretender to the Carlist claim to the throne of Spain under the name Carlos Javier II (English: Charles Xavier II).
Prince Carlos was born in Nijmegen in the Netherlands as the eldest child of the late Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma and Princess Irene of the Netherlands. He has two younger sisters Princess Margarita and Princess Carolina, and one younger brother Prince Jaime. Carlos spent his youth in several countries including the Netherlands, Spain, France, England, and the United States. In 1981, when he was eleven, his parents divorced. Together with his mother and his siblings he then moved to Soestdijk Palace (Baarn) in the Netherlands. He lived at the palace for a number of years with his grandparents, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.