Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma

Prince Carlos
Duke of Parma and Piacenza
Duke of Madrid
Prince Carlos in 2024
Head of the House of Bourbon-Parma
Tenure18 August 2010 – present
PredecessorPrince Carlos Hugo
Heir ApparentPrince Carlos Enrique
Born (1970-01-27) 27 January 1970
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Spouse
(m. 2010)
IssuePrince Hugo de Bourbon de Parme (illegitimate)
Princess Luisa, Marchioness of Castell'Arquato
Princess Cecilia, Countess of Berceto
Prince Carlos Enrique, Prince of Piacenza
Names
Dutch: Carlos Xavier Bernardo Sixto Marie de Bourbon de Parme
Spanish: Carlos Javier Bernardo Sixto María de Borbón-Parma y Orange-Nassau
Italian: Carlo Saverio Bernardo Sisto Maria di Borbone-Parma
HouseBourbon-Parma
FatherCarlos Hugo, Duke of Parma
MotherPrincess Irene of the Netherlands
ReligionRoman Catholic

Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (Carlos Xavier Bernardo Sixto Marie; born 27 January 1970) is the current Head of the House of Bourbon-Parma, which ruled the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza from 1748 to 1802 and from 1847 to 1859. He assumed the role upon the death of his father in 2010.

The eldest son of Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma and Princess Irene of the Netherlands, Carlos is also a member of the Dutch royal family and the Dutch nobility with the style of "His Royal Highness" and the title of Prince Carlos de Bourbon de Parme. Additionally, he is the Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne with the title Duke of Madrid. In the French nobility, he bears the title "Prince de Borbon", and is the grand master of the Parmesan Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, the Order of Saint Louis for Civil Merit, the Order of Prohibited Legitimacy and the Order of St. George for Military Merit.