Carlo V, Duke of Parma


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]

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