▁in ▁October ▁ 1 8 4 7 ▁in ▁exchange ▁for ▁financial ▁compens ation , ▁as ▁he ▁wanted ▁to ▁ret ire ▁to ▁private ▁life . ▁Two ▁months ▁later , ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 8 4 7 , ▁at ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁the ▁former ▁Em press ▁Marie ▁Louise , ▁he ▁succeeded ▁her ▁as ▁the ▁reign ing ▁Duke ▁of ▁Par ma ▁according ▁to ▁what ▁had ▁been ▁st ip ulated ▁by ▁the ▁Congress ▁of ▁Vienna . ▁ ▁His ▁reign ▁in ▁Par ma ▁as ▁Duke ▁Charles ▁II ▁was ▁brief . ▁He ▁was ▁ill - rece ived ▁by ▁his ▁new ▁subjects ▁and ▁within ▁a ▁few ▁months ▁he ▁was ▁ou sted ▁by ▁a ▁revolution . ▁He ▁reg ained ▁control ▁of ▁Par ma ▁under ▁the ▁protection ▁of ▁Aust rian ▁troops , ▁but ▁finally ▁ab dic ated ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁his ▁son ▁Charles ▁III ▁on ▁ 1 4 ▁March ▁ 1 8 4 9 . ▁His ▁son ▁was ▁assass in ated ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 4 ▁and ▁his ▁grand son ▁Robert ▁I , ▁the ▁last ▁reign ing ▁Duke ▁of ▁Par ma , ▁was ▁de posed ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 0 . ▁In ▁ex ile ▁Charles ▁Louis ▁assumed ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁count ▁of ▁Villa fran ca . ▁He ▁spent ▁the ▁last ▁years ▁of ▁his ▁life ▁mostly ▁in ▁France , ▁dying ▁at ▁Nice ▁on ▁ 1 6 ▁April ▁ 1 8 8 3 . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Charles ▁Louis ▁was ▁born ▁at ▁the ▁Royal ▁Palace ▁of ▁Madrid . ▁His ▁father , ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Bour b ons ▁of ▁Par