Ranuccio I Farnese (28 March 1569 – 5 March 1622) reigned as Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro from 1592. A firm believer in absolute monarchy, Ranuccio...

Ranuccio II Farnese (17 September 1630 – 11 December 1694) was the sixth Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1646 until his death nearly 50 years later. He...

nobility, Ottavio Farnese moved his court to Parma, where he had the Palazzo della Pilotta constructed in 1583. In 1580, Ranuccio I was first in the succession...

Ranuccio Farnese may refer to: Ranuccio Farnese il Vecchio (1390–1450), grandfather of Pope Paul III Ranuccio Farnese (1509–1529), son of Pope Paul III...

Cardinal Ranuccio Farnese (11 August 1530 – 29 October 1565) was an Italian prelate and a grandson of Pope Paul III (Alessandro Farnese). He held various...

Odoardo was the eldest legitimate son of Ranuccio I Farnese and Margherita Aldobrandini. After Ranuccio's natural son and his potential rival, Ottavio...

Odoardo Farnese (12 August 1666 – 6 September 1693) was the eldest son of Duke Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza. Odoardo was the Hereditary...

mother, Elisabeth Farnese, was Antonio's niece, to the ducal throne. Born in Parma, Antonio was the third son of Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma, and...

Modena. In some sources she is known simply as Maria Farnese. Born in Parma to Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma and his wife, Donna Margherita Aldobrandini...

Portrait of Ranuccio Farnese is a c.1542 oil on canvas painting of Ranuccio Farnese by Titian, now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington. One of...

fief, during the War of the Spanish Succession. The second son of Ranuccio II Farnese and Maria d'Este of Modena, the Duke, despite his efforts otherwise...

Modena. Her niece was Elisabeth Farnese, wife of Philip V of Spain. Margherita Maria was the eldest child of Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma and his second...

Ranuccio Farnese (c. 1390 – 2 July 1450) was an Italian nobleman, feudal lord and condottiero. Born in Ischia di Castro, he is considered the founder of...

Farnese may refer to: House of Farnese, Italian dynasty Ranuccio Farnese (1390–1450) Pope Paul III, born Alessandro Farnese (1468–1549) Alessandro Farnese...

Elisabeth Farnese (Italian: Elisabetta Farnese, Spanish: Isabel de Farnesio; 25 October 1692 – 11 July 1766) was Queen of Spain by marriage to King Philip...

Vittoria Farnese (29 April 1618 – 10 August 1649) was an Italian noblewoman. She was born in Parma, the daughter of Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma...

as the wife of Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma. She was a daughter of Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena and Maria Caterina Farnese. Maria was the...

Alexander Farnese (Italian: Alessandro Farnese, Spanish: Alejandro Farnesio; 27 August 1545 – 3 December 1592) was an Italian noble and condottiero, and...

creating this grand theater came from the Duke of Parma and Piacenza Ranuccio I Farnese. It was part of the complex of the Ducal Palace of Parma. The theatre...

daughter of the Duke of Modena Francesco I d'Este and Maria Caterina Farnese, daughter of Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma. She was the sister of two...

grandmother Margaret of Austria. In December 1592, Margherita's brother Ranuccio I Farnese became in the new duke of Parma; he immediately transferred her to...

Ottavio Farnese (Parma, 20 December 1598 – Parma, 1643) was an Italian nobleman. He was an illegitimate son of Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma and Briseide...

Aldobrandini and Odoardo Farnese. On 7 May 1600 in Rome, Pope Clement VIII celebrated the marriage between Duke Ranuccio I Farnese and Margherita Aldobrandini...

of the Spanish Netherlands. In the start of the 17th century, duke Ranuccio I Farnese (1569–1622) decided to reconstruct the set of houses in a new ducal...

Duke Ranuccio I Farnese (1569–1622), fourth Duke of Parma and Piacenza; Princess Margherita Aldobrandini (1588–1646), wife of Ranuccio I Farnese, Duchess...

the King Philip II of Spain to appoint his seventeen-year-old son Ranuccio I Farnese, as regent, since the Spanish King did not want to deprive himself...

Manuel I by a female line; as for António, although he was Manuel I's grandson in the male line, he was an illegitimate grandson. Ranuccio Farnese (1569–1622)...

Francesco Maria Farnese (15 August 1619 – 12 July 1647) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal. He was born in Parma, the son of Ranuccio I Farnese, duke of...

reversing the pro-Guelph sentiments of the Farnese. In 1520, at the age of seventeen, he and his brother Ranuccio were already employed as mercenaries in...

heir presumptive to James VI of Scotland until his death in 1575. Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma, was heir presumptive to his granduncle Henry, King...