Carlo V, Duke of Parma

From redevance
HRH The Duke of Parma
Titles Duke of Parma
Reign 18 August 2010 - present
Coronation 19 March 2011
Predecessor Carlo IV
Heir Carlo Enrico, Hereditary Duke of Parma
Biographical Information
Born 27 January 1970 (age 55)

Parma, Parma, Italy

Spouse Princess Luisa of Brazil

(m. 2010)

Issue Princess Luisa

Princess Cecilia
Carlo Enrico, Hereditary Duke

Name Carlo Saverio Bernardo Sisto Maria
House Bourbon-Parma
Father Duke Carlo IV of Parma
Mother Princess Irene of the Netherlands
Religion Roman Catholic

Carlo V, Duke of Parma (born Prince Carlo of Parma on 27 January 1970) is the current reigning Duke of Parma. He is also a member of the Brazilian Imperial Family as the nephew-in-law of Pedro V, Emperor of Brazil.

Life[edit | edit source]

Carlo was born the eldest child of Duke Carlo IV of Parma and Princess Irene of the Netherlands.

Carlo succeeded his father as Duke of Parma in 2010.

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

On 7 October 2009, Carlo's engagement to Princess Luisa of Brazil was announced. The couple were set to be married on 28 August 2010, however the declining health of the Duke of Parma led to a postponement of the wedding. The couple were eventually married in Parma on 20 November 2010.

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Princess Luisa 9 May 2012
Princess Cecilia 17 October 2013
Carlo Enrico, Hereditary Duke of Parma 24 April 2016

Residences[edit | edit source]

TBA

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1970-1977 Prince Carlo of Parma
  • 1977-2010 Carlo, Hereditary Duke of Parma
  • 2010-present Carlo V, Duke of Parma

National Honours[edit | edit source]

Order of St. George (2010)

Order of St. Louis (1988)

Foreign Honours[edit | edit source]

Order of the Southern Cross (2010) (Brazil)

Order of the Most Holy Annunciation (2011) (Italy)

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Duke Carlo IV of Parma Duke Xavier of Parma

Countess Madeleine of Lignieres

Duke Robert I of Parma

Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal

Georges, Count of Lignieres

Marie Josephine de Quillien

Duke Charles III of Parma

Princess Louise d'Artois

King Miguel of Portugal

Princess Adelaide of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

Henri, Count of Lignieres

Adrienne de Nesle

Viscount Rene of Quillien

Marie Leonie Gautier

Princess Irene of the Netherlands Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Queen Juliana of the Netherlands

Prince Bernhard of Lippe

Armgard von Sierstorpff-Cramm

Prince Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Countess Caroline of Wartensleben

Baron Aschwin Sierstorpff-Cramm

Hedwig von Sierstorpff-Driburg

Grand Duke Frederick Francis II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

King William III of the Netherlands

Princess Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Lines of Succession[edit | edit source]

Carlo V, Duke of Parma

House of Bourbon-Parma

Born: 27 January 1970

Lines of Succession
Preceded by
Succession to the Parmense throne
Followed by
Incumbent

preceded by

Carlo IV
Incumbent
Carlo Enrico, Hereditary Duke of Parma

Notes[edit | edit source]

Face: Jon Hamm