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  Sam Sloan's Big Combined Family Trees - pafg827 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Charles III OF PARMA was born in 1823 in Parma,, Italy.
Alix OF PARMA was born in 1849 in Parma,, Italy.
Marek SOBIESKI was born in 1628 in Of Olesko, L'vov, Ukraine.
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 Charles III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Edward Stuart (1720–1788), the Young Pretender, styled himself "Charles III, King of England and Scotland".
Carl III Johan of Norway and XIV of Sweden (1763–1844).
Charles, Prince of Wales (born 1948), heir-apparent to the thrones of the Commonwealth Realms, may assume the name "Charles III" if, and when, he succeeds Elizabeth II, although he has also suggested that he may choose the regnal name "George VII".
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 Bourbon - LoveToKnow Watches
Charles, afterwards constable of France, who took the title of duke of Bourbon on his marriage, was born in 1489, and at an early age was looked upon as one of the finest soldiers and gentlemen in France.
I duke of Orleans,' the regent I I I(1674-1723) Louis, Charles, Philip, Louis, of Burgundy duke of Berry duke of Anjou,, (1682-1712) (1686-1714) king of Spain duke of Orleans I as Philip V. (1703-1752) Louis XV.
Louis's son Charles Louis was forced to surrender Etruria to France in 1807, and he was given the duchy of Lucca by the congress of Vienna in 1815.
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 Parma - LoveToKnow 1911
Parma, one of the finest cities of northern Italy, lies in a fertile tract of the Lombard plain, within view of the Alps and sheltered by the Apennines, 170 ft. above sea-level.
The royal university of Parma, founded in 1601 by Ranuccio I., and reconstituted by Philip of Bourbon in 1768, has faculties in law, medicine and natural science, and possesses an observatory, and natural science collections, among which is the Eritrean Zoological Museum.
A bishop of Parma is mentioned in the acts of the council of Rome of A.D. It fell into the power of Alboin in 569 and became the seat of a Lombard duchy; it was still one of the wealthiest cities of Aemilia in the Lombard period.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Charles Borromeo
Charles' office of secretary of state and his care for the business of the family did not prevent him from giving time to study, and even to recreations in the form of playing the lute and violoncello, and a game of ball.
Charles was now assured that it was his duty to remain in the world; but all the more he felt he ought to visit his diocese, though the pope always opposed his departure.
Charles was at Lodi, at the funeral of the bishop.
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 Charles III, king of Spain, and of Naples and Sicily. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Charles III, king of Spain, and of Naples and Sicily.
Charles at first was neutral in the Seven Years War, but after concluding the Family Compact of 1761 with France, he involved Spain in the war in time to share France’s defeat.
Spain prospered under the rule of Charles, who is regarded as the greatest Bourbon king of Spain and one of the “enlightened despots.” His reign is noted for economic and administrative reforms and for the expulsion of the Jesuits (1767).
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 Diocese of Parma
In the thirteenth century (1199, 1200, 1204), Parma was at war with its neighbour Piacenza; later it aroused the indignation of Innocent III by the robbery of a pontifical legate.
In 1512 Julius II united Parma to the Pontifical States; it should be said that John of Bohemia had previously held it as a fief of the Holy See; but from 1515 to 1521, the city was again in the hands of the King of France.
The garrison of Parma prevented the city from falling into the power of Ferrante, as Piacenza fell; and after long negotiations with the emperor, the son of Pierluigi, Ottavio, was confirmed in the duchy by Julius III in 1550.
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 History Channel Search Results
Elizabeth (1602–44) was married to Philip IV, king of Spain, Christina (1606–63) to Victor Amadeus I of Savoy (1587–1637), and Henrietta Maria to Charles I, king of England.
After the overthrow of Charles X in the July Revolution of 1830, Louis Philippe, duc d'Orléans, was proclaimed king of the French by the Orleanists, a party that supported the claim of the house of Orléans to the throne of France.
Charles III had two sons, the elder of whom became King Charles IV of Spain; the younger son founded the Neapolitan house of Bourbon.
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 Robert I, Duke of Parma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert I Duke of Parma, (Roberto I Carlo Luigi Maria of Bourbon, Duke of Parma and Piacenza) (July 9, 1848 – November 16, 1907) was the ruler of Parma and Piacenza from 1854 until 1859, when the duchy was annexed to Italy.
Born in Florence, Robert was the son of Charles III, Duke of Parma and Louise Marie of Berry, daughter of Charles Ferdinand, duc de Berry and granddaughter of King Charles X of France.
Nonetheless, Robert's primary heir was Elias, Duke of Parma, 1880-1959), the youngest son of his first marriage and the only one of his sons to father children of his own.
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 Charles, III Biography / Biography of Charles, III Biography
Known as an enlightened despot, Charles III (1716-1788) was king of Spain from 1759 to 1788.
Through her influence Charles was recognized as Duke of Parma in 1731 and as king of Naples and Sicily in 1736 after the War of the Polish Succession.
In 1738 Charles married Maria Amalia of Saxony.
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 Pope Paul III
Charles himself was in no slight measure to blame, for, notwithstanding his desire for the assembling of a council, he was led into the belief that the religious differences of Germany might be settled by conferences between the two parties.
Charles now contended that the council should be prorogued, until victory had decided in favour of the Catholics.
Charles demanded the return of the council to German territory, but the deliberations of the council continued in Bologna, until finally, 21 April, the pope, in order to avert a schism, prorogued the council indefinitely.
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 HighBeam Encyclopedia - Charles VI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
CHARLES VI [Charles VI] 1685-1740, Holy Roman emperor (1711-40), king of Bohemia (1711-40) and, as Charles III, king of Hungary (1712-40); brother and successor of Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I.
On his deathbed, however, Charles II left his throne to Philip of Anjou (Philip V), grandson of King Louis XIV of France; Philip was proclaimed king in Nov., 1700.
Although Charles, with the aid of British troops, invaded Spain and proclaimed himself king as Charles III in 1704, he was able to maintain himself only in Catalonia, with his capital at Barcelona.
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 boys clothing: Spanish royalty -- Carles IV
Charles IV was the son of King Charles III and Queen Mary Amalia of Saxony.
King Charles IV was the son of King Charles III (1716-) and Maria Louisa (Wettin) of Parma (1724-).
Charles III was yhe son of King Philip V (Bourbon) of Spain (1683-).
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 Charles IV
When he was born, Charles Emanuel was also fifth in line to the English and Scottish thrones - after Charles, Prince of Wales, Henry, Cardinal Duke of York, King Charles Emanuel III of Sardinia, and the Duke of Savoy (later King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia).
Two of Charles Emanuel's sisters were married to the younger brothers of King Louis XVI of France (Giuseppina to the Comte de Provence, later King Louis XVIII, and Maria Teresa to the Comte d'Artois, later King Charles X).
Charles Emanuel's sister Giuseppina suggested a match with her sister-in-law Princess Marie-Clothilde of France, daughter of the late Dauphin Louis and of his wife, Princess Maria Josefa of Saxony.
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 The Succession Laws of Parma
Restoring a counterweight to this new power was in the interests of Parma, and its minister in Madrid, Giulio Alberoni, pulled off the marriage of Odoardo's daughter Elisabetta to the widowed king Philip V of Spain in 1714.
Formally, Austria ceded Parma and Guastalla to Felipe and his male and female issue, according to an order of succession to be established by Felipe and the Empress; upon extinction of which issue the exchanges and renunciations were to become void.
The dynasty was overthrown in 1859: the duke and regent duchess left Parma on June 9 for Switzerland and made an official protest on June 20 against the Sardinian invasion.
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 T.B. Macaulay - History of England, Vol. I, Ch. III (part 1)
In the reign of Charles the Second, the traces left by ages of slaughter and pillage were distinctly perceptible, many miles south of the Tweed, in the face of the country and in the lawless manners of the people.
The revenue of England, when Charles the Second died, was small, when compared with the resources which she even then possessed, or with the sums which were raised by the governments of the neighbouring countries.
When the reign of Charles terminated, his navy had sunk into degradation and decay, such as would be almost incredible if it were not certified to us by the independent and concurring evidence of witnesses whose authority is beyond exception.
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 sicily
Charles III of Parma) and Henri (1820-1883), duc de Bordeaux and later comte de Chambord ; attempted to secure succession for Henri on overthrow of Charles X (1830) and exiled; secretly returned to France (1832), instigated insurrection in favor of Henri at Vendee; imprisoned (1832-33).
Charles made a determined attempt to reconquer the island, but the Sicilians summoned to their aid Pedro III, king of Aragon (1239-85), who was elected king of Sicily that same year.
Charles III (of Spain) (1716-88), king of Spain (1759-88) and, as Charles IV, king of the Two Sicilies (1734-59).
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 Burgundy
Louis's son, Charles Louis, was driven from Etruria by the French in 1807, but at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 he was given the duchy of Lucca.
Charles the Bold (1433-77), last duke of Bourgogne, the son of Philip the Good, duke of Bourgogne, and Isabella of Portugal, born in Dijon.
During the minority of Charles VI (1380-88) Philip was virtual ruler of France and, when the king became insane (1392), Philip fought for power with Louis d'Orleans, the king's brother, a quarrel carried on after Philip's death by his son, John the Fearless.
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 Charles III
Charles III, King of Spain, born on the 20th January 1716, was the first son of the second marriage of Philip V with Elizabeth Farnese of Parma.
Charles was a thorough despot of the benevolent order, and had been deeply offended by the real or suspected share of the Jesuits in the riot of 1766.
In his domestic life King Charles was regular, and was a considerate master, though he had a somewhat caustic tongue and took a rather cynical view of mankind.
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 boys clothing : European royalty -- Italy modern monarchy
The youngest son of King Philip V of Spain conquered Parma, in Italy, in 1748, and became Philip, Duke of Parma (1720-65); his son was Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, and his grandson was Louis, made King of Etruria by the French in 1801.
Charles Louis, son of Louis, was driven from Etruria by the French in 1807, and made Duke of Lucca in 1815 by Napoleon's conquerors, who simultaneously made Napoleon's widow, Maria Louisa, Duchess of Parma.
The intervention of France under Napoleon III with the bloody victories of Solferino and San Martinoforced Austria to the armistice of Villafranca and the cession of Lombardy.
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 HISTORY: The Grand Magistery transferred to Naples - Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George
Charles III of Bourbon and Farnese, Duke of Parma
By the Treaty arrangements which followed this disruption of the balance of power, Charles was forced to surrender the Sovereignty of Parma and Piacenza, while retaining the title of Duke for himself and his heirs (despite the acquisition of these Duchies with Guastalla by his brother Philip in 1748).
In 1759 King Charles inherited the Crown of Spain and, by article II of the Treaty of Naples of October 3rd of that year, he was required to establish the Infante don Ferdinand, his second son (third-born since the exclusion of the eldest who was severely retarded) as King of the Two Sicilies.
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 History Channel Search Results
(1685–1740), Holy Roman emperor (1711–40) and, as Charles III, king of Hungary (1712–40), the son of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, born in Vienna.
Charles had numerous allies and Philip was aided only by France, but after alternate successes and reverses Charles renounced his claim to Spain in the treaties of Rastatt and Baden (1714).
In 1711 Charles had succeeded his brother Joseph I as Holy Roman emperor; in 1713 he issued the Pragmatic Sanction to secure the succession of his daughter Maria Theresa in the event that he should die without a male heir.
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 Courtly Lives - Augustus III Elector of Saxony and King of Poland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Augustus III (1696-1763) was the son of August the Strong, and his family was from the Wettin Dynasty.
August III married Maria Josef, daughter of Emperor Josef I of the Holy Roman Empire.
Charles, Duke of Kurland (1733-1796) married Frances (1742-1796), daughter of Stanislas C. Krasinski.
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 Regents of Parma
The city of of Parma and its surrounding area were during the early middle age ruled by bishops but became a self-governing commune 1115.
After a brief period as a part of France was Parma given to Napoleon's wife Marie Louise of Habsburg by the Congress at Vienna.
The titles "duke of Parma" and "duke of Piacenza" was then used by the French officials Jean-Jacques Régis de Cambacérès and Charles François Lebrun.
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 HISTORY OF THE LINE OF BOURBON-PARMA
In 1545 Pope Paul III (Alessandro Farnese) ceded the towns of Parma and Piacenza to his natural son Pier Luigi Farnese (d 10 Sep 1547) and the Emperor Karl V raised them into a Duchy the same year (later leading to a dispute whether the right of investiture rested with the Pope or Emperor).
Charles III was cr Infant of Spain by Isabel II 8 Oct 1852 and assassinated 27 Mar 1854.
Territories of the duchies were annexed to the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1859; formal protestation of the annexation was made by the Duchess Regent, on behalf of her son Robert I, 20 Jun 1860.
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 History 240
Promised to restore all privileges of Catholic nobility as under Charles V and amnesty to all rebels.
Francis II died and was succeeded by infant brother, Charles IX.
Death of Charles IX in 1574; accession of Henry III.
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 Personalities of Louisiana: Charles III of Spain
Charles' (or Don Carlos) mother is Elizabeth Farnese (1692-1766) a granddaughter of the Duke of Parma (in Italy).
Don Carlos is married, by proxy, to Maria Amalia, daughter of Augustus III who wins the War of Polish Succession to become the king of Poland and Elector of Saxony.
The Prince of Asturias will be Charles IV and his wife the princess is his first cousin, Maria Luisa, the daughter of Philip, Duke of Parma and Don Carlos' brother.
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 Charles IV
Charles IV, King of Spain, second son of Charles III and his wife Maria Amelia of Saxony, was born at Portici on the 11th of November 1748, while his father was king of the Two Sicilies.
Charles had inherited a great frame and immense physical strength from the Saxon line of his mother.
His wife, Maria Luisa of Parma, his first cousin, a thoroughly coarse and vicious woman, ruled him completely, though he was capable of obstinacy at times.
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 The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy - Chapter III
From hence he kept all that was famous in Italy in a kind of state of siege, and here were delivered the presents of the foreign princes who needed or dreaded his pen.
Charles V and Francis I both pensioned him at the same time, each hoping that Aretino would do some mischief to the other.
As this gentleman had probably renounced altogether the pleasures of a good reputation, it was not easy to cause him any annoyance; Aretino tried to do so by comparing his personal appearance to that of a constable, a miller, and a baker.
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