Duchy of Parma

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duchy former sovereign state

The Duchy of Parma was a small but significant Italian state centered on the city of Parma, historically contested among major European powers and later governed by a cadet branch of the Bourbon dynasty.

Aliases (3)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	duchy → former sovereign state →
abolished	1860 →
capital	Parma →
coatOfArms	Arms of the Duchy of Parma →
continent	Europe →
country	Italy →
createdFrom	Duchy of Milan NERFINISHED → Papal States NERFINISHED →
currency	Parmesan lira →
established	1545 →
establishedBy	Pope Paul III →
firstRuler	Pier Luigi Farnese →
flag	Flag of the Duchy of Parma →
governmentType	duchy → monarchy →
grantedTo	Philip of Spain, Duke of Parma →
historicalEra	19th century → Early modern period →
includedTerritory	Guastalla → Parma NERFINISHED → Piacenza NERFINISHED →
languageUsed	Italian →
lastRuler	Robert I of Parma →
locatedIn	Northern Italy → Po Valley →
notableRuler	Elisabeth of Parma → Maria Luisa of Austria NERFINISHED →
participatedIn	Italian unification →
partOf	Italian Peninsula → Italian states →
personalUnionWith	Duchy of Guastalla NERFINISHED → Duchy of Piacenza NERFINISHED →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
ruledBy	Bourbon-Parma dynasty →
rulingDynasty	House of Bourbon-Parma → House of Farnese → House of Habsburg-Lorraine →
succeededBy	Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED → Kingdom of Sardinia →
treaty	Congress of Vienna → Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) →
wasContestedBy	Austria → France → Holy Roman Empire → Spain →
wasOccupiedBy	France →
wasPartOf	Holy Roman Empire → Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) → Napoleonic client states →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma → Charles III, Duke of Parma → Elisabeth Farnese → Giulio Alberoni →	countryOfCitizenship
Farnese ("Duchy of Parma and Piacenza") → Giulio Alberoni → Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma →	associatedWith
Napoleon I as ruler of Parma (Napoleonic administration) →	appliesToTerritory
Elisabeth Farnese →	birthPlace
Maria Luisa of Parma →	countryOfBirth
Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma →	countryOfDeath
Lombardy–Venetia →	hasBorderWith
Charles III, Duke of Parma →	monarchOf
Grand Duchy of Tuscany →	neighboringEntity
Kingdom of Italy →	predecessor
Bonaparte dynasty →	ruled
House of Bourbon →	ruledKingdom
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) →	successor
War of the Polish Succession ("Duchy of Parma and Piacenza assigned to Austria") →	territorialChange
Napoleonic Italian lira ("Duchy of Parma (Napoleonic)") →	usedIn