Margherita de' Medici

Margherita de' Medici
Portrait by Justus Sustermans
Duchess consort of Parma and Piacenza
Tenure	11 October 1628 – 11 September 1646
Regent of Parma and Piacenza
Regency	1646–1648
Co-Regent	Francesco Maria Farnese
Born	(1612-05-31)31 May 1612 Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Died	6 February 1679(1679-02-06) (aged 66) Parma, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
Spouse	Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma ​ ​ (m. 1628; died 1646)​
Issue	Caterina Farnese Ranuccio II, Duke of Parma Maria Maddalena Farnese Alessandro Farnese, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands Orazio Farnese Caterina Farnese Pietro Farnese Ottavio Farnese
Names Margherita de' Medici
House	Medici
Father	Cosimo II de' Medici
Mother	Maria Magdalena of Austria
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Margherita de' Medici (31 May 1612 – 6 February 1679) was Duchess of Parma and Piacenza by her marriage to Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma. Margherita was regent of Piacenza in 1635, and regent of the entire duchy from 1646 until 1648 during the minority of her son.