Vittoria Farnese

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Vittoria Farnese (29 April 1618 – 10 August 1649) was an Italian noblewoman,[1] and by her brief marriage to Francesco I d'Este, she became duchess of Modena and Reggio.

Life

Vittoria Farnese was born in Parma, the daughter of Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma and Margherita Aldobrandini,[2] niece of Pope Clement VIII.

On 12 February 1648 she married Francesco I d'Este,[2] widower of her sister Maria Farnese.[1][3] Vittoria died in Modena in 1649, while giving birth to the couple's only child, also named Vittoria (1649–1656). Francesco then married a third time, to Lucrezia Barberini, in Loreto in October 1654.

Ancestry

References

  1. 1.[1.2]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. 2.[2.2]"Wayback Machine" (PDF). www.nuovorinascimento.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-11-30. Retrieved 2025-08-04.
  3. 3.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.