Orazio Farnese, Duke of Castro (
Valentano
250px, View of Valentano.
Valentano is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Viterbo, in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is from the provincial capital, Viterbo.
left, 220px, Rocca Farnese in Valentano.
The placename is of uncertain ori ...
, February 1532 –
Hesdin
Hesdin (; vls, Heusdin) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.
Geography
The N39, from Arras to Montreuil, used to be the main thoroughfare of the town. In the 1950s, a circular route was created to help traffic flo ...
, 18 July 1553) was the third
duke of Castro. He was the son of
Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma
Pier Luigi Farnese (19 November 1503 – 10 September 1547) was the first Duke of Castro from 1537 to 1545 and the first Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1545 to 1547.
Born in Rome, Pier Luigi was the illegitimate son of Cardinal Alessandro Farne ...
, and his wife
Gerolama Orsini
Gerolama Orsini (1504–1569) sometimes Girolama Orsini was the Duchess of Parma as the wife of Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma. She served as Regent (Governor) of the Ducky of Castro in the name of her son Orazio, Duke of Castro betwee ...
. He married
Diane de France
Diane de France, ''suo jure'' Duchess of Angoulême (25 July 1538 – 11 January 1619) was the natural (illegitimate) daughter of Henry II of France. She played an important political role during the French Wars of Religion and built the Hà ...
on 14 February 1552. Orazio was at
Hesdin
Hesdin (; vls, Heusdin) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.
Geography
The N39, from Arras to Montreuil, used to be the main thoroughfare of the town. In the 1950s, a circular route was created to help traffic flo ...
when Emperor Charles V placed the city under siege. Orazio was killed 16 July 1553.
[ Kenneth Meyer Setton, The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571, Vol. IV, (The American Philosophical Society, 1984), 596, note119.]
References
Bibliography
* Edoardo del Vecchio, ''I Farnese'', Istituto di Studi Romani Editore, 1972.
* Emilio Nasalli Rocca, I Farnese, Milano, Dall'Oglio, 1969.
1532 births
1553 deaths
Orazio Orazio is a male given name of Italian origin, derived from the Latin name ( ''nomen'') Horatius, from the Roman gens (clan) Horatia.
People so named include:
*Orazio Alfani (c. 1510–1583), Italian painter
*Orazio Antinori (1811–1882), Itali ...
Orazio Orazio is a male given name of Italian origin, derived from the Latin name ( ''nomen'') Horatius, from the Roman gens (clan) Horatia.
People so named include:
*Orazio Alfani (c. 1510–1583), Italian painter
*Orazio Antinori (1811–1882), Itali ...
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