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Costanza Farnese

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Costanza Farnese
Born 19 December 1500
Rome
Died 23 May 1545 (aged 44)
Rome
Spouse Bosio II Sforza
Issue Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora
Alessandro Sforza
Sforza Sforza
Mario Sforza
Faustina Sforza
Francesca Sforza
Camilla
Father Pope Paul III
Mother Silvia Ruffini

Costanza Farnese (19 December 1500 – 23 May 1545) was a daughter of Alessandro Farnese[1] and Silvia Ruffini.[2] Born before her father became Pope Paul III, her siblings were Pier Luigi, Paul, Ranuccio and Lucrezia.

She married Bosio II Sforza,[1] count of Santa Fiora e Cotignola, they had:

  • Guido Ascanio[1]
  • Alessandro Sforza[1]
  • Sforza Sforza,[1] whose children were:
    • Francesco Sforza[1]
    • Alessandro, 7th count of Santa Fiora, duke of Seni and prince of Valmontone, father of cardinal Federico Sforza.
    • Costanza Sforza[1]
  • Mario (1530–1591), count of S. Fiora, married Fulvia Conti[1]
  • Faustina Sforza, married Muzio Sforza of Caravaggio[1]
  • Francesca Sforza, married Girolamo Orsini[1]
  • Camilla, married Besso Ferrero of Masserano[1]

References

Bibliography

  • McIver, Katherine A. (2016). "An Invisible Enterprise: Women and Domestic Architecture in Early Modern Italy". In McIver, Katherine A. (ed.). Wives, Widows, Mistresses, and Nuns in Early Modern Italy: Making the. Routledge. pp. 159–180.
  • Williams, George L. (1998). Papal Genealogy: The Families and Descendants of the Popes. McFarland & Company, Inc.