198 Herzog Karl III. von Bourbon - Parma: Miniaturbarett

The beret with the Grand Cross of the Constantinian Order of St. George, the cross of the Military Order of St. George (Duchy of Lucca) and the Papal Order of Christ.

Gold and enamel. With a suspension loop on the back. On a light blue ribbon underlay made of the finest moiree silk.

Particularly finely crafted barett, the miniatures in three-dimensional goldsmith work.

Of the highest quality and from the personal possession of the Grand Master of the Order and reigning Duke Charles III, it is extremely rare.

Ferdinand Karl III of Parma (14 January 1823 – 27 March 1854) was Duke of Parma from 1849 to 1854.

Ferdinand Karl was the only son of Duke Charles II Louis of Parma (1799-1883) and Princess Maria Theresa (1803-1879), daughter of King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia-Piedmont and his wife Maria of Modena.

After his father had abdicated in his favour, he returned from London to Parma in August 1849 under the protection of Austrian troops and established a reactionary and arbitrary regime that made him so hated that he was stabbed in the street by an unknown person in Parma in March 1854. His mother, Louise Marie of Bourbon, a native of France and a member of the Bourbon dynasty, assumed the regency for the heir to the throne, Duke Robert (1854–1859/60), who was still a minor.

On 10 November 1845, Ferdinand Karl married the French princess Louise Marie Therese (1819–1864), only daughter of the Duke of Berry, Charles-Ferdinand of Bourbon, and his wife Princess Maria Karolina of Naples and Sicily, at Frohsdorf Palace in Austria. They had four children.

 

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