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    Pier Luigi Farnese (19 November 1503 – 10 September 1547) was the first Duke of Castro from 1537 to 1545 and the first Duke of Parma and Piacenza from...
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    Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (category House of Farnese)
    Originally a realm of the Farnese family after Pope Paul III made it a hereditary duchy for his son, Pier Luigi Farnese, it was ruled by the dynasty...
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    Latium (then part of the Papal States), Alessandro Farnese was the oldest son of Pier Luigi I Farnese, Signore di Montalto (1435–1487) and his wife Giovanna...
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    Ranuccio's son, Pier Luigi, married a member of the ancient baronial family of the Caetani (that of Pope Boniface VIII), thus giving the Farnese further importance...
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    until his death. Born in Valentano, Ottavio was the second son of Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (eldest son of Pope Paul III) by his wife...
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    Portrait of Pier Luigi Farnese is a heavily-damaged 1546 oil on canvas painting of Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma by Titian, now in Room 2 of the National...
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    Farnese), and the son of Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, who was murdered in 1547. He should not be confused with his nephew, Alessandro Farnese,...
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    face and a particular ardor". Giulia Farnese was born in Canino, then within the Papal States, to Pier Luigi Farnese, Signore di Montalto (1435–1487), and...
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    Northern Italy. It was created by Pope Paul III (Alessandro Farnese) for his son Pier Luigi Farnese. It existed between 1545 and 1802, and again from 1814...
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  • Silvia Ruffini (category House of Farnese)
    Farnese (later Pope Paul III): Costanza Farnese (1500-1545), who married Bosio II Sforza of Santa Fiora, 9th Count of Santa Fiora; Pier Luigi Farnese...
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    Duchy of Castro (category House of Farnese)
    with his son Pier Luigi Farnese and his firstborn male heirs as its dukes. It lasted approximately 112 years and was eclipsed by the Farnese's possessions...
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    formerly Alessandro Farnese. The Farnese Dukes had been ruling Parma and Piacenza since Pope Paul's illegitimate son Pier Luigi Farnese was given it as a...
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    Rape of Fano (category House of Farnese)
    1537 in the eponymous city (Papal States), involving the warlord Pier Luigi Farnese who raped the Bishop of the city, Cosimo Gheri, during an inspection...
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    Orazio Farnese, Duke of Castro (Valentano, February 1532 – Hesdin, 18 July 1553) was the third duke of Castro. He was the son of Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke...
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    Gerolama Orsini (category House of Farnese)
    sometimes Girolama Orsini was the Duchess of Parma as the wife of Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma. She served as Regent (Governor) of the Duchy of Castro...
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    Two of Ludovico's daughters married relevant figures: Geronima to Pier Luigi Farnese, illegitimate son of Pope Paul III and Marzia to Gian Giacomo Medici...
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  • Alessandro Farnese, Cardinal (1520–1589) Giulia Farnese (1474–1524), mistress of Pope Alexander VI and sister of Pope Paul III Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of...
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    Pope Paul III Farnese had 4 illegitimate children and made his illegitimate son Pier Luigi Farnese the first duke of Parma....
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    daughter of Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Castro, Parma and Piacenza, and Gerolama Orsini. Her paternal grandparents were Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (who in...
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    were later ousted by Pier Luigi Farnese, whose family was to rule Castro until the 17th century. In the same year another Farnese, Gian Galeazzo, sacked...
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    families (since 1547, when Ferrante Gonzaga had organised a plot against Pier Luigi Farnese, first Duke of Parma and Margherita's paternal grandfather), the parties...
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    the Farnese pope, Paul III, detached Parma and Piacenza from the Papal States and gave them as a duchy to his illegitimate son, Pier Luigi Farnese, whose...
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  • Frisian warrior, pirate and rebel Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma (1503–1547), first Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro Pier Leone Ghezzi (1674–1755), Italian...
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    Sforza re-instated; 1545, Pier Luigi Farnese is created Duke of Parma and Piacenza by Pope Paul III, his father; 1547, Pier Luigi assassinated by Ferrante...
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    Titular Patriarch of Constantinople. Ranuccio Farnese was born in Valentano, the third son of Pier Luigi Farnese, the legitimated eldest of the three natural...
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    Odoardo Farnese (6 December 1573 – 21 February 1626) was an Italian nobleman, the second son of Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Maria of Portugal...
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  • Verrocchio, prostitute Jacopo Saltarelli, and Da Vinci's pupil Salaì) Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma (1503-1547) Laudomia Forteguerri (1515–1555) Cardinal...
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    ("poems"), as the painter called them. This painting was done for Alessandro Farnese, but a later variant was produced for Philip II, for whom Titian painted...
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    by marriage Generations are numbered from the daughter-in-law of Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, onwards 1st generation Margaret of Austria* 2nd generation...
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  • was elected pope as Paul III. His siblings were Pier Luigi, Paolo and Costanza. Ranuccio on the Farnese family tree Archived 2009-07-19 at the Wayback...
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