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Coat of arms of Ottavio Farnese. Born in Valentano, Ottavio was the second son of Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (eldest son of Pope Paul III) by his wife Gerolama Orsini. [1] Ottavio's brother was Cardinal Ranuccio Farnese . On 4 November 1538 Ottavio married Margaret of Austria, the illegitimate daughter of Charles V, Holy ...
It was created by Pope Paul III (Alessandro Farnese) for his son Pier Luigi Farnese. It existed between 1545 and 1802, and again from 1814 to 1859. The Duke of Parma was also Duke of Piacenza , except for the first years of the rule of Ottavio Farnese (1549–1556), and the time of the Napoleonic wars , when the two were established as separate positions held by two different individuals.
DukeBirthMarriagesDeathPier Luigi16 September 1545 – 10 ...19 November 1503Romeson of Cardinal ...Girolama Orsini1519Rome4 children10 September 1547Piacenzaaged 43Ottavio9 November 1549 – 18 September ...9 October 1524Valentanoson of Pier Luigi ...Margaret of Parma4 November 1538Rome2 ...18 September 1586Parmaaged 61Alessandro18 September 1586 – 3 December ...27 August 1545Romeson of Ottavio Farnese, ...Maria of Portugal11 November ...3 December 1592Saint Waast, ...Ranuccio I3 December 1592 – 5 March ...28 March 1569Parmason of Alexander ...Margherita Aldobrandini7 May 1600Rome9 ...5 March 1622Parmaaged 52Other articles where Ottavio Farnese is discussed: Farnese Family: …Luigi’s second son and successor, Ottavio (1542–86), made Parma his capital instead of Piacenza and continued his father’s work of internal consolidation and the struggle against the feudal lords. He harshly repressed a conspiracy in 1582 and subdued the Valtarese again. Pier Luigi’s eldest son, Alessandro (1520–89), had been created…
Portrait of the Prince when he was 15 by Sofonisba Anguissola, 1560. Alessandro, born 27 August 1545, was the son of Duke Ottavio Farnese of Parma (a grandson of Pope Paul III) and Margaret of Austria (an illegitimate daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor and king of Spain Charles V).
Feb 16, 2024 · Duke Ottavio also patronised churches in Parma, notably the Shrine of Santa Maria della Steccata, named for the picket fence (steccata) which protected a miraculous image of the nursing Virgin from throngs of pilgrims. Here the Duke commissioned new interior frescos and constructed a crypt that would become the Farnese family sepulchre, and later that of the House of Bourbon-Parma (it remains so even today, with the most recent interment in 2010).
Ottavio Farnese reigned as Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1547 until his death and Duke of Castro from 1545 to 1547 and from 1553 until his death.
Ottavio Farnese (1524–1586), grandson of Pope Paul III and duke of Parma and Piacenza, wears the insignia of the Golden Fleece on the cord around his neck. It was awarded to him by Emperor Charles V in 1547 but returned in 1552 after a squabble.
