Vittoria Farnese (not to be confused with
Vittoria Farnese, Duchess of Urbino) (29 April 1618 – 10 August 1649) was an Italian noblewoman.
She was born in
Parma, the daughter of
Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma and
Margherita Aldobrandini, niece of
Pope Clement VIII. On 12 February 1648 she married
Francesco I d'Este
Francesco I d'Este (6 September 1610 – 14 October 1658) was Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1629 until his death. The eldest son of Alfonso III d'Este, he became reigning duke after his father's abdication.
Biography
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, widower of her sister
Maria Farnese.
Vittoria died in Modena in 1649, dying while giving birth to the couple's only child, also called Vittoria (1649–1656). Francesco then married a third time, to
Lucrezia Barberini, in
Loreto in October 1654.
Ancestry
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1618 births
1649 deaths
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Italian people of German descent
Italian people of Austrian descent
Italian people of Portuguese descent
17th-century Italian nobility
Deaths in childbirth
Daughters of monarchs