Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke o Parma

Ranuccio I
Duke o Parma an Piacenza
Ring	3 December 1592 – 5 Mairch 1622
Predecessor	Alessandro
Successor	Odoardo
Born	28 March 1569 Parma, Parma
Dee'd	5 Mairch 1622(1622-03-05) (aged 52) Parma, Parma
Spouse	Margherita Aldobrandini
Issue	Odoardo, Duke o Parma Maria, Duchess o Modena Vittoria, Duchess o Modena Cardinal Francesco Maria
Full name Ranuccio Farnese
Hoose	Farnese
Faither	Alessandro Farnese, Duke o Parma
Mither	Infanta Maria o Guimarães
Releegion	Roman Catholicism
Seegnatur

Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke o Parma (28 Mairch 1569 – 5 Mairch 1622) reigned as Duke o Parma, Piacenza an Castro frae 1592. In the early 1620s, Ranuccio was looking for a bride for his younger legitimate son an heir, Odoardo, none o the Italian ruling faimilies were forthcoming with princesses. He did, however, manage tae engineer a match with Margherita de' Medici, daughter o Cosimo II o Tuscany.

Mairiage

He mairit Donna Margarita Aldobrandini, daughter o Don Giovanni Francesco Aldobrandini, Prince o Carpineto an his wife Donna Olimpia Aldobrandini, Princess Campinelli—on 7 Mey 1600 in Roum, St. Sixtus.

Childer

1. Alessandro Francesco Maria Farnese (8 August 1602), died at birth.
2. Maria Farnese (5 September 1603), died at birth
3. Alessandro Farnese (5 September 1610), died at birth
4. Odoardo Farnese, Duke o Parma (28 Aprile 1612 – 11 September 1646), mairit Margherita de' Medici an haed childer.
5. Onorato Farnese (7 Julie 1613 – 28 Februar 1614), died young.
6. Maria Caterina Farnese (18 Februar 1615 – 25 Julie 1646), mairit Francesco I d'Este, Duke o Modena an haed childer.
7. Maria Farnese (29 Apr 1618), died at birth.
8. Vittoria Farnese (29 Aprile 1618 – 10 August 1649), mairit Francesco I d'Este, Duke o Modena an haed childer.
9. Francesco Maria Farnese (19 August 1620 – 13 Julie 1647), Cardinal.

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