by Scott Mehl
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Roberto Hugo was the head of the house of Bourbon-Parma and pretender to the former throne of the Duchy of Parma from 1959 until 1974.
Prince Roberto Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma source: Wikipedia
Prince Roberto Hugo was born on August 7, 1909, at Weilburg Palace in Baden bei Wien, Austria. He was the second son of Prince Elia of Bourbon-Parma and Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria. Roberto Hugo had eight siblings:
- Princess Maria Elisabetta (1904) – unmarried
- Prince Carlo Luigi (1905) – died in childhood
- Princess Maria Francesca (1906) – unmarried
- Princess Maria Antonia (1911) – married Prince Gottfried of Thurn und Taxis, had issue
- Prince Francesco Alfonso (1913) – unmarried
- Princess Giovanna Isabella (1916) – unmarried
- Princess Alicia Maria (1917) – married Infante Alfonso of Spain, Duke of Calabria, had issue
- Princess Maria Cristina (1925) – unmarried
Roberto Hugo succeeded his father as head of the House of Bourbon-Parma and pretender to the throne in 1950, and took over the management of the family’s estates. He never married.
Roberto Hugo died in Vienna on November 25, 1974, and was buried at the Prince of Bourbon-Parma Crypt Chapel in Schaueregg, Hartberg-Fürstenfeld, Styria, Austria. As he had no heirs, he was succeeded by his half-uncle, Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma.
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