Alexander Farnese (27 August 1545 – 3 December 1592), 3rd Duke of Parma; married Infanta Maria of Portugal Ottavio also had two other daughters: Violante, married...

married Ranuccio Farnese, son of the late Odoardo Farnese and Margherita de' Medici. She died in childbirth in 1663. Margherita Violante was the fifth child...

under the tutelage of Cardinal Odoardo Farnese, a relative of the wife of his grandfather Torquato, Violante Farnese. For reasons unknown, he instead volunteered...

disregarded Cosimo's plan and appointed Charles of Spain—whose mother, Elisabeth Farnese, was a great-granddaughter of Margherita de' Medici—Gian Gastone's heir...

married Galeazzo Farnese, the grandson of Bartolomeo, and the children of that marriage were the daughters Violante and Giulia Farnese. One of Giulia's...

Parma, and second wife of Duke Ranuccio II Farnese. She was the paternal grandmother of Elisabetta Farnese, Queen of Spain. Isabella was a daughter of...

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...

1586) was Duchess of Parma from 1547 to 1586 as the wife of Duke Ottavio Farnese and Governor of the Netherlands from 1559 to 1567 and from 1578 to 1582...

Maria Luisa, returned to Florence in October 1717. Dowager Grand Princess Violante Beatrice, her brother Ferdinando's widow, and Anna Maria Luisa did not...

housed in the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples. It was commissioned by the Farnese family and painted during Titian's visit to Rome between autumn 1545 and...

great-uncle. Cosimo's eyes now fell upon Violante of Bavaria. Choosing her would strengthen ties between France—where Violante's sister was the dauphine—and Bavaria...

became a cardinal then later had issue (illegitimate): Ippolito and Giulio. Violante della Rovere (1535 — 1538). Sally Anne Hickson, "Women, Art and Architectural...

Sanseverino by the Duke Ranuccio Farnese, the palace was expropriated by the Duke. His son, Ranuccio II and his wife Margherita Violante began a complete reconstruction...

Violante is an oil painting attributed to Titian, dated to around 1515 and now held at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. The work was part of 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 eighth...

February 1679) was Duchess of Parma and Piacenza by her marriage to Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma. Margherita was regent of Piacenza in 1635, and regent of...

was very close to her mother, who died in 1676. Her siblings included Violante of Bavaria, future wife of Ferdinando de' Medici as well as the future...

became a cardinal then later had issue (illegitimate):Ippolito and Giulio. Violante della Rovere (1535–1538). James Dennistoun (1851). Memoirs of the Dukes...

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...

composition were described by Harold Wethey, who called them the "Prado" and "Farnese" types; the Prado type is most common and is described above. Alternative...

two nephews: Prince Carlos, son and heir of Philip II, and Alessandro Farnese, the son of Charles V's other acknowledged illegitimate child, Margaret...

Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza. This marriage was supposed to stabilize the relationship between the Houses of Aldobrandini and Farnese and lead...

Anna Victoria of Bavaria 3. Maria Antonia of Spain 14. Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma 7. Elisabeth Farnese 15. Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg...

January 1777) was a Duchess of Parma by marriage to her cousin Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma. She was the Regent of Parma in 1731 during her alleged...

Aldobrandini (1600–1620) Margherita de' Medici (1628–1646) Princess Margherita Violante of Savoy (1660–1663) Isabella d'Este (1664–1666) Maria d'Este (1668–1686)...

just months after her death, her widower remarried by proxy, to Elisabeth Farnese, the heiress of the Duke of Parma. Her niece, Princess Maria Luisa was...

Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt. On 17 September 1690, she married Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma, heir to the throne of the Duchy of Parma and...

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...

Gastone's decrepit entourage, loathed the electress, and she them. Duchess Violante of Bavaria, Gian Gastone's sister-in-law, tried to withdraw the grand duke...

Bavaria 3. Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain 14. Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma 7. Elisabeth Farnese 15. Dorothea Sophie of the Palatinate...