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| Margaret | |
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 Portrait by Antonio Moro, circa 1562 | |
| Duchess consort of Florence | |
| Tenure | 18 January 1536 – 6 January 1537 |
| Duchess consort of Parma and Piacenza | |
| Tenure | 10 September 1547 – 18 January 1586 |
| Born | 5 July 1522 Oudenaarde, County of Flanders, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 18 January 1586 (aged 63) Ortona, Kingdom of Naples |
| Burial | |
| Spouses | |
| Issue | Charles Farnese Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma |
| House | Habsburg |
| Father | Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor |
| Mother | Johanna Maria van der Gheynst |
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Margaret (Italian: Margherita di Parma; 5 July 1522 – 18 January 1586) was Duchess of Parma from 1547 to 1586 as the wife of Duke Ottavio Farnese and Governor of the Netherlands from 1559 to 1567[1] and from 1578 to 1582. She was the illegitimate daughter of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and Johanna Maria van der Gheynst.[2] She had briefly been Duchess of Florence from 1536 to 1537 by her first marriage to Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 703–704.
- ^ Steen, Charlie R. (2013). Margaret of Parma: A Life. Brill. p. 35.