• Thumbnail for Pier Luigi Farnese
    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...
    15 KB (1,715 words) - 02:15, 26 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for House of Farnese
    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...
    18 KB (1,448 words) - 04:05, 22 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pope Paul III
    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...
    34 KB (3,971 words) - 23:48, 3 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
    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...
    22 KB (2,070 words) - 21:28, 16 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma
    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...
    7 KB (670 words) - 12:48, 28 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Portrait of Pier Luigi Farnese
    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...
    2 KB (133 words) - 08:32, 19 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Alessandro Farnese (cardinal)
    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,...
    73 KB (10,072 words) - 07:52, 5 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Orazio Farnese, Duke of Castro
    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...
    2 KB (122 words) - 04:06, 28 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Giulia Farnese
    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...
    16 KB (1,585 words) - 00:02, 16 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ranuccio Farnese (cardinal)
    Selci from 1545 to his death in 1565. Son of Pier Luigi Farnese, the illegitimate son of Pope Paul III, Farnese was created Cardinal at the age of 15 by his...
    3 KB (253 words) - 12:12, 20 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Duke of Parma
    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...
    13 KB (319 words) - 19:57, 17 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gerolama Orsini
    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...
    5 KB (428 words) - 04:43, 26 April 2024
  • 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...
    4 KB (481 words) - 18:43, 10 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ranuccio II Farnese
    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...
    9 KB (599 words) - 21:55, 10 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rape of Fano
    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...
    8 KB (944 words) - 17:57, 18 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Duchy of Castro
    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...
    5 KB (283 words) - 14:24, 23 July 2024
  • 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...
    2 KB (285 words) - 12:17, 16 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Orsini family
    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...
    23 KB (2,965 words) - 01:03, 30 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Castro, Lazio
    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...
    5 KB (580 words) - 14:17, 2 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of sexually active popes
    Pope Paul III Farnese had 4 illegitimate children and made his illegitimate son Pier Luigi Farnese the first duke of Parma....
    28 KB (2,016 words) - 22:38, 25 September 2024
  • 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...
    777 bytes (49 words) - 19:44, 19 February 2022
  • Thumbnail for Vittoria Farnese, Duchess of Urbino
    daughter of Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Castro, Parma and Piacenza, and Gerolama Orsini. Her paternal grandparents were Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (who in...
    13 KB (1,588 words) - 21:13, 6 April 2024
  • Castro of the House of Farnese (1537–1649): Pier Luigi Farnese, 1st Duke of Castro from 1537 to 1545 (1503–1547) Ottavio Farnese, 2nd Duke of Castro from...
    2 KB (278 words) - 18:12, 9 November 2021
  • Thumbnail for Parma
    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...
    38 KB (3,948 words) - 21:28, 16 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Papal nobility
    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...
    28 KB (3,205 words) - 19:05, 6 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Odoardo Farnese (cardinal)
    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...
    5 KB (353 words) - 11:50, 7 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Andrea Doria
    their fiefs for himself. He was also implicated in the murder of Pier Luigi Farnese, duke of Parma and Piacenza, who had helped Fieschi. Other conspiracies...
    27 KB (3,574 words) - 15:32, 23 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Benvenuto Cellini
    fourth victim was a rival goldsmith, Pompeo of Milan. The plots of Pier Luigi Farnese led to Cellini's retreat from Rome to Florence and Venice, where he...
    35 KB (4,443 words) - 09:34, 25 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Titian
    ("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...
    55 KB (6,551 words) - 03:03, 26 September 2024
  • Verrocchio, prostitute Jacopo Saltarelli, and Da Vinci's pupil Salaì) Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma (1503-1547) Laudomia Forteguerri (1515–1555) Cardinal...
    32 KB (3,808 words) - 19:01, 23 September 2024