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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Charles III
| predecessor = [[Charles II, Duke of Parma|Charles II]]
| successor = [[Robert I, Duke of Parma|Robert I]]
| succession = [[List of Dukes of Parma|Duke of Parma and Piacenza]]
| reign = 17 May 1849 – 27 March 1854
| full name = Ferdinando Carlo Giuseppe Maria Vittorio Baldassare di Borbone 
| image = Charles III, Duke of Parma.JPG
| module = [[File:Coat of arms of the House of Bourbon-Parma.svg|100px]]
| date of birth = {{Birth date|1823|01|14|df=y}}
| place of birth = ''Villa delle Pianore'', [[Lucca]], [[Duchy of Parma]]
| date of death = {{Death date and age|1854|03|27|1823|01|14|df=y}}
| place of death = [[Parma]], [[Duchy of Parma]]
| house = [[House of Bourbon|Bourbons of Parma]]
| spouse = [[Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France]]
| issue = [[Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma|Infanta Margherita, Duchess of Madrid]]<br />[[Robert I, Duke of Parma]]<br />[[Princess Alice of Parma (1849–1935)|Alice, Grand Duchess of Tuscany]]<br />[[Prince Henry, Count of Bardi]]
| father = [[Charles II, Duke of Parma]]
| mother = [[Princess Maria Teresa of Savoy]]
| place of burial  = ''Cappella della Macchia'', near Viareggio
}}
'''Charles III, Duke of Parma''' (''Ferdinando Carlo Vittorio Giuseppe Maria Baldassarre''; 14 January 1823 – 27 March 1854) was the sovereign Duke of Parma from 1849 to 1854. His father Charles II became the reigning Duke of Parma, but abdicated on 24 March 1849. Charles III became the Duke of Parma, Piacenza and the Annexed States. Charles III owed his throne to the support of Austrian troops. He placed Parma under martial law, inflicted heavy penalties on the members of the late provisional government, closed the university, and instituted a regular policy of persecution.  His authoritarian policies made him unpopular. After reigning only five years, he was assassinated in March 1854.



==Issue==

# [[Princess Margherita of Parma]] (1 January 1847 – 29 January 1893) married [[Infante Carlos, Duke of Madrid]] and had issue. 
# [[Robert I, Duke of Parma]] (9 July 1848 – 16 November 1907) married (1) [[Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1849–1882)||Princess Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies]] and had issue married (2) [[Maria Theresa of Austria (1816-1867)|Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria]]) and had issue, married (3) [[Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal]]  and had issue. 
# [[Princess Alice of Parma (1849–1935)|Princess Alicia of Parma]] 27 December 1849 – 16 January 1935) married [[Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] and had issue. 
# [[Prince Henry, Count of Bardi|Prince Enrico of Parma, Count of Bardi]] (12 February 1851 – 14 April 1905) married (1)  [[Princess Maria Luisa of the Two Sicilies]], married (2) [[Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães|Infanta Adelgundes of Portugal]] and had issue.




==Titles and styles==

*'''14 January 1823 - 3 March 1824''' ''His Royal Highness'' Prince Carlo of Parma, Infante of Spain.
*'''3 March 1824 – 17 December 1847''' ''[[His Royal Highness]]'' The [[Hereditary Prince]] of Lucca, Infante of Spain.
*'''17 December 1847 – 17 May 1849''' ''His Royal Highness'' The Hereditary Prince of Parma, Infante of Spain.
*'''24 March 1849 – 27 March 1854''' ''His Royal Highness'' The Duke of Parma, Piacenza, and the Annexed States, Infante of Spain.


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