(1692-10-25)25 October 1692 Palazzo della Pilotta, Duchy of Parma
Died
11 July 1766(1766-07-11) (aged 73) Royal Palace of Aranjuez, Aranjuez, Spain
Burial
17 July 1766
Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso
Spouse
Philip V of Spain
(m. 1714; died 1746)
Issue Detail
Charles III, King of Spain
Mariana Victoria, Queen of Portugal
Philip, Duke of Parma
María Teresa Rafaela, Dauphine of France
Luis, Count of Chinchón
María Antonia Fernanda, Queen of Sardinia
Names
Italian: Elisabetta Farnese Spanish: Isabel de Farnesio
House
Farnese
Father
Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma
Mother
Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg
Signature
Elisabeth Farnese (Italian: Elisabetta Farnese, Spanish: Isabel de Farnesio; 25 October 1692 – 11 July 1766) was Queen of Spain by marriage to King Philip V. She was the de facto ruler of Spain from 1714 until 1746 since she managed the affairs of state with the approval of her spouse, and is particularly known for her great influence over Spain's foreign policy. From 1759 until 1760, she governed as regent.
ElisabethFarnese (Italian: Elisabetta Farnese, Spanish: Isabel de Farnesio; 25 October 1692 – 11 July 1766) was Queen of Spain by marriage to King Philip...
Alessandro Farnese (a cardinal), Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (a military commander and Governor of the Spanish Netherlands), and Elisabeth Farnese...
of Philip V of Spain and the eldest son of Philip's second wife, ElisabethFarnese. He was a proponent of enlightened absolutism and regalism. In 1731...
whose mother, ElisabethFarnese, was Antonio's niece, to the ducal throne. Born in Parma, Antonio was the third son of Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma...
VI. Maria Luisa died in 1714, and Philip remarried to ElisabethFarnese. Philip and Elisabeth had seven children, of whom the eldest was the future Charles...
Modena. Her niece was ElisabethFarnese, wife of Philip V of Spain. Margherita Maria was the eldest child of Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma and his...
and the eldest daughter of Philip V of Spain and his second wife ElisabethFarnese. Her father was a grandson of Louis XIV and had inherited the Spanish...
clergyman. He was a son of Philip V of Spain and his second wife, ElisabethFarnese. He was cardinal deacon of the titular church of Santa Maria della...
The Camarera mayor de Palacio (First Lady of the Bedchamber) was a court official of the Royal Household and Heritage of the Crown of Spain, who was in...
second wife, ElisabethFarnese, wanted to regain Spanish territories in Naples and Sicily, ceded to Austria in 1714, in part so that Elisabeth's first-born...
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...
sons by his first wife. After her death, he married ElisabethFarnese, niece of Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma, in 1714. She presented Philip with three...
reigning since 1735. Her father was the son of Philip V of Spain, and ElisabethFarnese. Her mother was Maria Amalia of Saxony who was the daughter of Augustus...
William of Neuburg, and Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt. On 17 September 1690, she married Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma, heir...
(fl. 1714–1736) was an influential favorite of the queen of Spain, ElisabethFarnese. Originally the nurse of the queen, she became known as the favorite...
Farnese Marbles, their collection of statuary, which includes world-famous works like the Farnese Hercules, Farnese Cup, Farnese Bull and the Farnese...
1729 ElisabethFarnese abandoned the Austro-Spanish alliance. Realizing that Charles VI could not be drawn into the marriage pact she wanted, Elisabeth concluded...