Elias, Duke of Parma

Elias I
Duke of Parma
Prince Elias in c. 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, 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.