Margherita de' Medici

Margherita de' Medici
Portrait by Justus Sustermans
Duchess consort of Parma and Piacenza
Tenure11 October 1628 –
11 September 1646
Regent of Parma and Piacenza
Regency1646–1648
Co-RegentFrancesco Maria Farnese
Born(1612-05-31)31 May 1612
Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Died6 February 1679(1679-02-06) (aged 66)
Parma, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
Spouse
(m. 1628; died 1646)
Issue
Names
Margherita de' Medici
HouseMedici
FatherCosimo II de' Medici
MotherMaria Magdalena of Austria
ReligionRoman 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.