(1678-05-19)19 May 1678 Parma, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
Died
26 February 1727(1727-02-26) (aged 48) Parma, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
Spouse
Dorothea Sophia of Neuburg
House
House of Farnese
Father
Rannuccio II Farnese
Mother
Maria d'Este
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Francesco Farnese (19 May 1678 – 26 February 1727) reigned as the seventh Farnese Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1694 until his death. Married to Dorothea Sophia of the Palatinate, his brother Odoardo's widow, to avoid the return of her dowry, Francesco curtailed court expenditure, enormous under his father and predecessor, Ranuccio II, while preventing the occupation of his Duchy of Parma, nominally a Papal fief, during the War of the Spanish Succession.[1][2]
The second son of Ranuccio II Farnese and Maria d'Este of Modena, the Duke, despite his efforts otherwise, saw Parma declared a fief of the Duchy of Milan, an Austrian province in Italy, towards the end of the war.[3] His inability to produce offspring, combined with his brother Antonio's barrenness, lead to the accession of his niece the Queen of Spain's eldest son, Don Carlos, in 1731.
FrancescoFarnese (19 May 1678 – 26 February 1727) reigned as the seventh Farnese Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1694 until his death. Married to Dorothea...
by his wife Margherita de' Medici and by his uncle the Cardinal Francesco Maria Farnese, until the age of eighteen. In 1691 the Duchy of Parma was invaded...
The House of Farnese (/fɑːrˈneɪzi, -zeɪ/, also US: /-eɪsi/, Italian: [farˈneːze, -eːse]) was an influential family in Renaissance Italy. The titles of...
reign under the regency of his uncle, Francesco Maria Farnese and his mother. Ranuccio belonged to the House of Farnese, whose duchy were founded by his patrilineal...
and Reggio by marriage to her first cousin Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena. Her niece was Elisabeth Farnese, wife of Philip V of Spain. Margherita Maria...
Parma, the daughter of Odoardo Farnese and Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg. Her mother later married her uncle FrancescoFarnese, Duke of Parma. Elisabeth was...
children: Alessandro Francesco Maria Farnese (8 August 1602), died at birth. Maria Farnese (5 September 1603), died at birth. Alessandro Farnese (5 September...
Antonio Farnese (29 November 1679 – 20 January 1731) was the eighth and final Farnese Duke of Parma and Piacenza. He married, in 1727, Enrichetta d'Este...
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...
Caterina Farnese (18 February 1615 – 25 July 1646) was a member of the Ducal House of Farnese. She was Duchess of Modena as the first wife of Francesco I d'Este...
Emilia Romagna, Italy. The palace we see today was refurbished by FrancescoFarnese, Duke of Parma in the early 18th century on the remains of a former...
Parma (1630–1694) FrancescoFarnese, seventh Duke of Parma (1678–1727) Antonio Farnese, eighth Duke of Parma (1679–1731) Elizabeth Farnese, Queen of Spain...
Clement VIII. On 12 February 1648 she married Francesco I d'Este, widower of her sister Maria Farnese. Vittoria died in Modena in 1649, dying while giving...
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...
by his first wife. After her death, he married Elisabeth Farnese, niece of FrancescoFarnese, Duke of Parma, in 1714. She presented Philip with three...
Church hereditary in the House of Farnese and its heirs, the Bourbons, dates from the transfer to FrancescoFarnese on 11 January 1698, an act confirmed...
Giulia Farnese (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒuːlja farˈneːze, -eːse]; 1474 – 23 March 1524) was an Italian noblewoman, a mistress to Pope Alexander VI,...
Odoardo's half-brother, FrancescoFarnese, who had become Duke of Parma when his father died in 1694. This marriage was decided by Francesco himself, because...
Andrea II Angeli, who in 1698 transferred the Constantinian Order to FrancescoFarnese, the Duke of Parma, whose descendants remain grand masters to this...
was the director of music for the funerals of FrancescoFarnese in Parma in 1724, and Antonio Farnese in 1731, and Kapellmeister at the Church of Santa...
marriage between Philip and the ambitious Elisabeth Farnese, niece and stepdaughter of FrancescoFarnese, Duke of Parma. Elisabeth and Philip married on 24...
Italian: Paolo III; 29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549), born Alessandro Farnese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13...
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