Elias, Duke of Parma

Elias I
Duke of Parma
Prince Elias in ca. 1914
Head of the House of Bourbon-Parma
Tenure7 January 1950 –
27 June 1959
PredecessorDuke Joseph
SuccessorDuke Robert Hugo
Born(1880-07-23)23 July 1880
Biarritz
Died27 June 1959(1959-06-27) (aged 78)
Friedberg
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1903; died 1940)
Issue
Names
Elias Robert Charles Maria
HouseBourbon-Parma
FatherRobert I, Duke of Parma
MotherPrincess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Elias I,[1] Duke of Parma and Piacenza (Italian: Elia di Borbone-Parma; 23 July 1880 – 27 June 1959) was the head of the House of Bourbon-Parma and pretender to the defunct throne of Parma between 1950 and 1959. From 1907 to 1950 he served as regent for the claims of his two older disabled brothers.

  1. ^ Gli ultimi Asburgo e gli ultimi Borbone in Italia (in Italian). 1971. p. 109.