Joseph, Duke of Parma

Joseph
Duke of Parma
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Head of House of Bourbon-Parma
Reign	16 November 1939 – 7 January 1950
Predecessor	Duke Henry
Successor	Duke Elias
Regent	Prince Elias
Born	(1875-06-30)30 June 1875 Biarritz
Died	Pianore, Lucca
House	House of Bourbon-Parma
Father	Robert I, Duke of Parma
Mother	Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Joseph, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (Italian: Giuseppe Maria Pietro Paolo Francesco Roberto Tomaso-d'Aquino Andrea-Avellino Biagio Mauro Carlo Stanislao Luigi Filippo-Neri Leone Bernardo Antonio Ferdinando di Borbone-Parma e Piacenza; 30 June 1875 Biarritz – 7 January 1950 Pianore, Lucca, Italy) was the head of the House of Bourbon-Parma and the pretender to the defunct throne of Parma from 1939 to 1950.

Biography

Prince Giuseppe was born the third but second surviving son of Robert I, Duke of Parma and his first wife, Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Like his older brother and predecessor, Enrico, he had learning difficulties and was the titular pretender of Parma from 1939 until 1950. His younger brother and successor, Elias, took up the role as head of the family in 1907 and acted as regent, although Giuseppe continued to be considered by monarchists as Joseph I of Parma. Giuseppe died unmarried and without issue and was succeeded as titular pretender of Parma by his brother Elias upon his death in 1950.

Ancestry

Family of Joseph, Duke of Parma

16. Louis of Etruria               8. Charles II, Duke of Parma                       17. Infanta Maria Louisa of Spain               4. Charles III, Duke of Parma                             18. Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia               9. Maria Teresa of Savoy                       19. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este               2. Robert I, Duke of Parma                                   20. Charles X of France               10. Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry                       21. Princess Marie Thérèse of Savoy               5. Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France                             22. Francis I of the Two Sicilies (= 12)               11. Princess Caroline Ferdinande Louise of the Two Sicilies                       23. Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria               1. Joseph of Bourbon-Parma                                         24. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies               12. Francis I of the Two Sicilies                       25. Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria               6. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies                             26. Charles IV of Spain               13. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain                       27. Princess Maria Luisa of Parma               3. Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies                                   28. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor               14. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen                       29. Infanta Maria Louisa of Spain               7. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria                             30. Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg               15. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg                       31. Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg

See also

• House of Bourbon-Parma
• Duchy of Parma

Joseph, Duke of Parma House of Bourbon-Parma Cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty Born: 1875 Died: 1950
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Henry	— TITULAR — Duke of Parma 1939–1950 Reason for succession failure: Annexed by Kingdom of Italy	Succeeded by Elias
	— TITULAR — King of Etruria 1939–1950