Pier Luigi Farnese

Pier Luigi Farnese
Duke of Parma and Piacenza
Reign16 September 1545 – 10 September 1547
SuccessorOttavio
Born19 November 1503
Rome, Papal States
Died10 September 1547(1547-09-10) (aged 43)
Piacenza, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
SpouseGerolama Orsini
Issue
HouseFarnese
FatherPope Paul III
MotherSilvia Ruffini
Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome

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. He was the illegitimate son of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (who later became Pope Paul III). He became a soldier and participated in the sack of Rome in 1527.