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Carlos Hugo de Bourbon-Parma

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Carlos Hugo de Bourbon-Parma

Birth
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Death
18 Aug 2010 (aged 80)
Barcelona, Provincia de Barcelona, Cataluna, Spain
Burial
Parma, Provincia di Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Add to Map
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Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma and Piacenza was the head of the House of Bourbon-Parma from 1977 until his death. Carlos Hugo was pretender to the defunct throne of Parma, and a Carlist pretender to the throne of Spain under the name Carlos Hugo I.

He was 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 since 1980 a naturalized Spanish citizen.

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.

Carlos Hugo married Princess Irene of the Netherlands on 29 April 1964, in the Borghese Chapel at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.

Carlos Hugo and Irene divorced on May 27, 1981.
Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma and Piacenza was the head of the House of Bourbon-Parma from 1977 until his death. Carlos Hugo was pretender to the defunct throne of Parma, and a Carlist pretender to the throne of Spain under the name Carlos Hugo I.

He was 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 since 1980 a naturalized Spanish citizen.

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.

Carlos Hugo married Princess Irene of the Netherlands on 29 April 1964, in the Borghese Chapel at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.

Carlos Hugo and Irene divorced on May 27, 1981.


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