Duchy of Parma | |||||||||||||
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| 1545–1802 (1808) 1814–1859 | |||||||||||||
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 The Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (green) | |||||||||||||
| Status | State of theHoly Roman Empire (until 1806) | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Parma | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Italian, Emilian | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||||||
| Duke of Parma | |||||||||||||
• 1545–1547 | Pier Luigi Farnese (first) | ||||||||||||
• 1854–1859 | Roberto I(last) | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| 16 September 1545 | |||||||||||||
| 24 April 1748 | |||||||||||||
| 1 November 1802 | |||||||||||||
• Formal annexation by France | 1808 | ||||||||||||
| 11 April 1814 | |||||||||||||
| 3 December 1859 | |||||||||||||
| Currency | "Parman lira" | ||||||||||||
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TheDuchy of Parma was created in 1545 from that part of theDuchy of Milan south of the Po River, which had been conquered by the State of the Church in 1512. These territories, centered on the city ofParma, were given as afief forPope Paul III's illegitimate son,Pier Luigi Farnese. The state was originally ruled by the Farnese family before eventually falling to theHouse of Bourbon by inheritance. Following the creation of the state ofItaly in 1859 the duchy was abolished. It was also a state of theHoly Roman Empire till 1806 and had various links with its neighbour theGrand Duchy of Tuscany.
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