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The Habsburgs only ruled until the conclusion of the War of the Austrian Succession in 1748, whose final peace treaty, the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ceded back the duchy to the Bourbons in the person of Infante Philip of Spain, younger brother of Charles I. Duke Philip became the founder of the House of Bourbon-Parma, reigning over an expanded ...
The history of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, a former state on the Italian Peninsula whose capital was the city of Parma, begins in 1545 and ends in 1860. The duchy was established due to nepotism practised by Pope Paul III and was initially governed by the Farnese family , to which the pontiff belonged.
The Duchy of Parma was created in 1545 from that part of the Duchy of Milan south of the Po River, as a fief for Pope Paul III's illegitimate son, Pier Luigi Farnese, centered on the city of Parma. In 1556, the second Duke, Ottavio Farnese , was given the city of Piacenza , becoming thus also Duke of Piacenza , and so the state was thereafter ...
The Duke of Parma and Piacenza (Italian: duca di Parma e Piacenza) was the ruler of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, a historical state of Northern Italy. It was created by Pope Paul III (Alessandro Farnese) for his son Pier Luigi Farnese. [1] It existed between 1545 and 1802, and again from 1814 to 1859.
The House of Farnese (/ f ɑːr ˈ n eɪ z i,-z eɪ /, also US: /-eɪ s i /, [1] [2] Italian: [farˈneːze,-eːse]) was an influential family in Renaissance Italy.The titles of Duke of Parma and Piacenza, Duke of Latera and Duke of Castro were held by various members of the family.
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). [8]
Ranuccio was the son of Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma and his wife, Infanta Maria of Portugal. [1] He is best remembered for the "Great Justice" of 1612, which saw the executions of a large number of Piacentine nobles suspected of plotting against him. [2]
Coat of arms of the French commune of Parma. Taro (French:) was a department of the First French Empire in present-day Italy.It was named after the Taro River.It was formed in 1808, when the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza was annexed by France under the Treaty of Lunéville.