Costanza Farnese (December 19, 1500 in

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– May 23, 1545 in Rome) was a daughter of Alessandro Farnese and

Silvia Ruffini Silvia Ruffini (1475 – Rome, 6 December 1561) was a 16th-century Italian noble woman and mistress of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese before he becomes pope (Pope Paul III from 1534); she was the mother of his four children. Biography She was the da ...

. Born before her father became Pope Paul III, her siblings were Pier Luigi, Paul, Ranuccio and Lucrezia. She married

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, count of Santa Fiora e Cotignola, they had: * Guido Ascanio *

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* Sforza Sforza, whose children were: **

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** Alessandro, 7th count of Santa Fiora, duke of Seni and prince of Valmontone, father of cardinal

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. **

Costanza Sforza Costanza is a feminine given name and a surname. It may refer to: People Given name *Costanza d'Avalos, Duchess of Francavilla (1460–1541) * Costanza Bonaccorsi (born 1994), Italian canoeist * Costanza Chiaramonte (1377–1423), Neapolitan nobl ...

* Mario (1530-1591), count of S. Fiora, married Fulvia Conti * Faustina Sforza, married Muzio Sforza of Caravaggio * Francesca Sforza, married Girolamo Orsini * Camilla, married Besso Ferrero of Masserano

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