Borbone-Parma, Carlo Ludovico di
Owner Id2836
TypePerson
GenderMale
Biographical dates - Period of existence1799 - 1883
Other InformationKing of Etruria 1803-07, Duke of Lucca 1824-47, Duke of Parma 1847-49, Count of Villafranca 1849-83.
In 1848, upon re-obtaining to his family the Duchy of Parma, he transferred there the collection that he had created in Lucca in the previous decades, and that in 1837 he had opened to the public. In 1865 the newly created Italian State decided to acquire the collection, which has since formed the Fondo Palatino of the Biblioteca Parmense, and has in fact also given the name to the Library in Parma, now called Biblioteca Palatina.
Abdicating in 1849 in favour of his son Charles III, he retired to his castle of Weistropp, Saxony, where he continued his bibliophile interests and the liturgical collection grew with the additions of several books available on the market after the suppression of monasteries and convents. [...] He moved his library from Saxony to Paris during the Second Empire, then in 1870 to Nice and in 1883 to Schwarzau am Steinfeld in Austria. The library was left to his grandson and heir Robert (Florence 1848 –Viareggio 1907) Duke of Parma 1854-1859, who continued the collection and had it described by Bohatta, see his entry for further information (Dondi, Printed Books of Hours, no. 13e).
L. BOULAND, Bibliothèque liturgique de Son Altesse Royale Charles-Louis de Bourbon (comte de Villafranca), in Archives de la Société française des collectionneurs d'ex-libris, n. 7 (juillet 1896), pp. 100-104.
P. PERA, Discorso intorno all'origine progresso e utilità della R. Biblioteca Palatina di Lucca letto alla R. Accademia lucchese il 27 febbraio 1841, Lucca, Bertini, 1841.
GIULIANO LUCARELLI, Lo sconcertante duca di Lucca Carlo Lodovico di Borbone Parma, Lucca, M. Pacini Fazzi, 1988
MARIA LUISA TREBILIANI in DBI, XX, 1977, pp. 251-258.
ANATOLE ALÈS, Bibliothèque liturgique, description des livres de liturgie imprimés aux XVe et XVIe siècles faisant partie de la bibliothèque de S. A. R. Mgr Charles-Louis de Bourbon, comte de Villafranca, Paris, Typographie A. Hennuyer, 1878, with its Supplément, Paris, Typographie A. Hennuyer, 1884.
Variant NamesCharles Louis, duc de Bourbon-Parma
Charles-Louis de Bourbon, comte de Villafranca
Carlo Ludovico, re d'Etruria
Carlo II di Parma
Other Identifierhttp://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cnp00574913
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Activity
Start (year)1799
End (year)1847
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Profession / Type of InstitutionPolitician
CharacterisationRoyalty
Activity
Start (year)1847
End (year)1865
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Note on the geographic regionThis first collection was gathered up mostly until 1849, when he abdicated the throne in favour of his son. The library stayed in Parma with his son Carlo III and grandson Roberto I, it was eventually acquired by the Italian State in 1865 and is now the Fondo Palatino of the Biblioteca Palatina in Parma.
Profession / Type of InstitutionPolitician
CharacterisationRoyalty
Activity
Start (year)1849
End (year)1883
NoteThis second collection was created by Carlo di Borbone-Parma after his abdication of Parma in favour of his son. This second collection, in particular, moved substantially: first in Weistropp, Saxony, where Carlo continued his bibliophile interests. During the Second Empire he moved it from Saxony to Paris, then in 1870 to Nice and in 1883 to Schwarzau am Steinfeld, Austria. It was eventually inherited by Roberto I di Borbone-Parma and later sold at auction.
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PlaceSchwarzau am Steinfeld (Geonames Id: 2765489)
Profession / Type of InstitutionPolitician
CharacterisationRoyalty
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