Robert Hugo | |
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Duke of Parma | |
Head of House of Bourbon-Parma | |
Reign | 27 June 1959 – 15 November 1974 |
Predecessor | Duke Elias |
Successor | Duke Xavier |
Born |
Weilburg, Baden bei Wien |
7 August 1909
Died | 25 November 1974 Vienna, Austria |
(aged 65)
House | House of Bourbon-Parma |
Father | Elias, Duke of Parma |
Mother | Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Robert Hugo, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (Italian: Roberto Ugo di Borbone-Parma; 7 August 1909 – 15 November 1974) was the head of the House of Bourbon-Parma and the pretender to the defunct throne of the Parma between 1959 and 1974.
Robert Hugo was born at Schloss Weilburg in Baden bei Wien, 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 head of the House of Bourbon-Parma upon his death in 1959, and maintained his style until his death in 1974 in Vienna. He died unmarried and without issue, and was succeeded by his half-uncle Xavier.