Margaret of Parma

Margaret
Portrait of Margaret aged 40
Portrait by Antonio Moro, circa 1562
Duchess consort of Florence
Tenure18 January 1536 – 6 January 1537
Duchess consort of Parma and Piacenza
Tenure10 September 1547 – 18 January 1586
Born5 July 1522
Oudenaarde, County of Flanders, Holy Roman Empire
Died18 January 1586(1586-01-18) (aged 63)
Ortona, Kingdom of Naples
Burial
Spouses
(m. 1536; died 1537)
(m. 1538)
IssueCharles Farnese
Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma
HouseHabsburg
FatherCharles V, Holy Roman Emperor
MotherJohanna Maria van der Gheynst
SignatureMargaret's signature

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.

  1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Margaret of Austria (1522-1586)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 703–704.
  2. ^ Steen, Charlie R. (2013). Margaret of Parma: A Life. Brill. p. 35.