Vittoria Farnese

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Vittoria Farnese
Duchess consort of Modena and Reggio
Tenure12 February 1648 – 10 August 1649
Born(1618-04-29)29 April 1618
Parma, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
Died10 August 1649(1649-08-10) (aged 31)
Modena, Duchy of Modena
SpouseFrancesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena
IssueVittoria d'Este
HouseHouse of Farnese (by birth)
House of Este (by marriage)
FatherRanuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma
MotherMargherita Aldobrandini

Vittoria Farnese (29 April 1618 – 10 August 1649) was an Italian noblewoman.[1] She was born in Parma, the daughter of Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma and Margherita Aldobrandini, niece of Pope Clement VIII. On 12 February 1648 she married Francesco I d'Este, widower of her sister Maria Farnese.[1][2] Vittoria died in Modena in 1649, dying while giving birth to the couple's only child, also called Vittoria (1649–1656). Francesco then married a third time, to Lucrezia Barberini, in Loreto in October 1654.

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References

  1. ^ a b Ostrow, Steven F. (2011). "(Re)presenting Francesco I d'Este: An Allegorical Still Life in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts". Artibus et Historiae (63).
  2. ^ Harrán, Don (2014). "Dedication and Labelling Practices in Seventeenth-Century Instrumental Music: the Case of Marco Uccellini". Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle. 45: 1–25. doi:10.1080/14723808.2014.887282. ISSN 1472-3808. S2CID 162150974.