Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma
| Carlos Hugo | |
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| Duke of Parma | |
Carlos Hugo in 1968
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| Head of House of Bourbon-Parma | |
| Reign | 7 May 1977 – 18 August 2010 |
| Predecessor | Duke Xavier |
| Successor | Duke Carlos |
| Born |
8 April 1930 Paris, France |
| Died | 18 August 2010 (aged 80) Barcelona, Spain |
| Burial | 28 August 2010 Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Steccata |
| Spouse | Princess Irene of the Netherlands (m. 1964; div. 1981) |
| Issue |
Carlos, Duke of Parma Princess Margarita, Countess of Colorno Prince Jaime, Count of Bardi Princess Carolina, Marchioness of Sala |
| House | House of Bourbon-Parma |
| Father | Prince Xavier of Parma |
| Mother | Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (8 April 1930 – 18 August 2010) was the head of the House of Bourbon-Parma from 1977 until his death. Carlos Hugo was the Carlist pretender to the throne of Spain under the name Carlos Hugo I. He sought to change the political direction of the Carlist movement through the Carlist Party, of which he was the official head during the fatal Montejurra Incident.
He was born as a direct male descendant of Louis XIV in Paris and baptized Hugues Marie Sixte Robert Louis Jean Georges Benoît Michel. On 28 June 1963 he was officially renamed Charles Hugues, by judgment of the court of appeal of la Seine, France. He was a French citizen, and from 1980, a naturalized Spanish citizen.
His marriage to Princess Irene of the Netherlands in 1964 caused a constitutional crisis in the Netherlands.
Carlos Hugo was the son of Xavier, Duke of Parma, and Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset. In 1977, his father died, and Carlos Hugo succeeded him claiming the thrones of Parma, Etruria and Spain.
Carlism is a Spanish political movement founded in the 19th century which, since the second half of the 20th century, upholds the claim of Carlos Hugo's branch of the House of Bourbon to the Spanish throne.
In 1952, Carlos Hugo's father publicly laid claim to the Spanish throne as Javier I, but he was ignored by Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, who later chose Juan Carlos to be his successor instead. On 5 May 1957 Javier proclaimed Carlos Hugo Prince of Asturias and Duke of San Jaime. In February 1964 Carlos Hugo assumed the title Duke of Madrid.
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