Ranuccio II Farnese
Ranuccio II Farnese | |
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Antonio, Duke of Parma | |
House | Farnese |
Father | Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma |
Mother | Margherita de' Medici |
Ranuccio II Farnese (17 September 1630 – 11 December 1694) was the sixth Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1646 until his death nearly 50 years later and Duke of Castro from 1646 until 1649.
Biography
Birth and Succession
Ranuccio was the eldest son of Odoardo Farnese, the fifth sovereign duke of Parma, and his Tuscan wife, Margherita de' Medici. After his father's sudden death, Ranuccio succeeded as duke. As he was a minor and had not yet reached his majority, he ruled the first two years of his reign under the regency of his uncle, Francesco Maria Farnese and his mother.
Ranuccio belonged to the
Conflicts with the Papacy
During Odoardo's reign the declining Duchy had been involved in the
Ranuccio refused to repay the debts incurred by his father, despite the latter having a signed peace treaty agreeing to do so. He also refused to recognize the new bishop of Castro, appointed by Urban's successor,
In 1672 he bought the principate of Bardi and Compiano from Gianandrea Doria Landi, giving the Duchy its final shape. In the last days of his reign, the Duchy suffered heavily from the presence of
Family
Ranuccio II was married three times:
On 29 April 1660, Ranuccio married firstly
Name of child | Lifespan | Marriages and Issue |
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unnamed daughter | 14 December 1661 – 14 December 1661 | None |
unnamed son | 27 April 1663 – 28 April 1663 | None |
On 18 February 1664 Ranuccio married secondly
Name of child | Lifespan | Marriages and Issue |
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Margherita Maria Farnese | 24 November 1664 – 17 June 1718 | Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena , no issue
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Teresa Farnese | 10 October 1665 – 9 November 1702 | Never Married; Benedictine nun in Sant’ Alessandro Monastery of Parma |
Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma | 12 August 1666 – 6 September 1693 | Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg,[1] had issue |
On 1 January 1668 he married
Name of child | Lifespan | Marriages and Issue |
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Isabella Francesca Maria Lucia Farnese | 14 December 1668 – 9 July 1718 | Never Married; Benedictine nun in Santa Maria di Campagna Monastery of Piacenza. |
Vittoria Maria Francesca Farnese | 24 December 1669 – 15 September 1671 | |
Unnamed son | 24 June 1671 – 28 June 1671 | |
Vittoria Farnese | 19 November 1672 – 19 November 1672 | |
Caterina Farnese | 19 November 1672 – 19 November 1672 | |
Unnamed son | 26 December 1674 – 26 December 1674 | |
Eleonora Farnese | 1 September 1675 – 3 November 1675 | |
Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma |
19 May 1678 – 26 February 1727 | Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg,[1] no issue |
Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma[1] |
29 November 1679 – 20 January 1731 | Enrichetta d'Este, no issue |
Ancestry
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References
- ^ a b c Gamrath 2007, p. 204.
Sources
- Gamrath, Helge (2007). Farnese: Pomp, Power and Politics in Renaissance Italy. L'Erma di Bretschneider.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20050204142743/http://www.comune.piacenza.it/english/history/Ifarnese.htm (Retrieved January 23, 2005)
- http://www.italycyberguide.com/History/factspersons/wxyz.htm (Retrieved January 23, 2005)
- http://page.freett.com/mako_vl/name/hausf.html (Retrieved January 23, 2005)