Ranuccio I Farnese
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (April 2021) |
| Ranuccio I | |
|---|---|
Roman Catholicism |
Ranuccio I Farnese (28 March 1569 – 5 March 1622) reigned as
Persecution of conspirators
Ranuccio was the son of
Claim to the Portuguese throne
Ranuccio married Margherita Aldobrandini,[4] niece of Pope Clement VIII. Ranuccio, the son of a Maria of Portugal, was considered as a potential king of Portugal when his childless great-uncle King Henry died. The throne, however, passed to Philip II of Spain, whose troops had promptly occupied the country after King Henry's death.
His great-uncle
Annexation of new areas and patronage of the arts
Under Ranuccio I's rule, the dukedom annexed the territories of Colorno, Sala Baganza, and Montechiarugolo.[5] He guided a cultural renewal in the city of Parma, supporting the arts and constructing the 4,500 seat Farnese Theater. Numerous improvements and monuments in Parma were constructed under Ranuccio I at his behest, including a revitalization of the University of Parma and the final expansion of the city walls. Construction of the Palazzo della Pilotta, the court palace of the Farnese family, was completed in 1620.
Death and succession
Ranuccio was succeeded by his son Odoardo, initially under the regency of Ranuccio's brother, Odoardo Farnese.
Issue
Ranuccio married Donna Margarita Aldobrandini, daughter of Don Giovanni Francesco Aldobrandini, Prince of Carpineto and his wife the heiress Donna Olimpia Aldobrandini, Princess Campinelli, on 7 May 1600 in Rome, St. Sixtus. The couple had nine children:
- Alessandro Francesco Maria Farnese (8 August 1602), died at birth.
- Maria Farnese (5 September 1603), died at birth.
- Alessandro Farnese (5 September 1610 – 24 July 1630), Hereditary Prince of Parma and Piacenza, deaf and mentally disabled from birth,[6] excluded from the succession.
- Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma (28 April 1612 – 11 September 1646),[6] married Margherita de' Medici and had issue.
- Orazio Farnese (7 July 1613 – 28 February 1614), died in infancy.
- Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena[7]
- Maria Farnese (29 April 1618), died at birth.
- Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modenaand had issue.
- Francesco Maria Farnese (19 August 1620 – 13 July 1647), Cardinal.
Before his marriage Ranuccio I had a relation with Briseide Ceretoli, who was at that time unmarried; she was the daughter of Ottavio Ceretoli, a captain who had died in Flanders in the following of Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma. The couple had two natural children:
- (illeg.) Ottavio Farnese (1598–1643) and Isabella.
References
- ^ Diffie 1977, p. 428.
- ^ "Farnese family (Italian family)". Encyclopædia Britannica. britannica.com. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
- ISBN 9788846493804.
- ^ Bellori 2005, p. 134.
- ^ Bonfait 2001, p. 116.
- ^ a b Hanlon 2014, p. 8-9.
- ^ Gamrath 2007, p. 25.
Sources
- Bellori, Giovanni Pietro (2005). The Lives of the Modern Painters, Sculptors and Architects. Translated by Wohl, Alice Sedgwick. Cambridge University Press.
- Bonfait, Olivier (2001). Geografia del collezionismo: Italia e Francia tra XVI e il XVIII secolo : atti delle giornate di studio dedicate a Giuliano Briganti : Roma, 19-21 settembre 1996 (in Italian). Ecole française de Rome.
- Diffie, Bailey Wallys (1977). Foundations of the Portuguese Empire, 1415-1580. Vol. I. University of Minnesota Press.
- Gamrath, Helge (2007). Farnese: Pomp, Power and Politics in Renaissance Italy. L'Erma di Bretschneider.
- Hanlon, Gregory (2014). The Hero of Italy: Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma, his Soldiers, and his subjects in the Thirty Years' War. Oxford University Press.