Costanza Farnese
Appearance
Costanza Farnese | |
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Born | Rome | 19 December 1500
Died | 23 May 1545 Rome | (aged 44)
Spouse(s) | Bosio II Sforza |
Issue |
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Father | Pope Paul III |
Mother | Silvia Ruffini |
Costanza Farnese (19 December 1500 – 23 May 1545) was a daughter of Alessandro Farnese[1] and Silvia Ruffini.[2] Born before her father became Pope Paul III, her siblings were Pier Luigi, Paul, Ranuccio and Lucrezia.
She married Bosio II Sforza,[1] count of Santa Fiora e Cotignola, they had:
- Guido Ascanio[1]
- Alessandro Sforza[1]
- Sforza Sforza,[1] whose children were:
- Francesco Sforza[1]
- Alessandro, 7th count of Santa Fiora, duke of Seni and prince of Valmontone, father of cardinal Federico Sforza.
- Costanza Sforza[1]
- Mario (1530–1591), count of S. Fiora, married Fulvia Conti[1]
- Faustina Sforza, married Muzio Sforza of Caravaggio[1]
- Francesca Sforza, married Girolamo Orsini[1]
- Camilla, married Besso Ferrero of Masserano[1]
References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- McIver, Katherine A. (2016). "An Invisible Enterprise: Women and Domestic Architecture in Early Modern Italy". In McIver, Katherine A. (ed.). Wives, Widows, Mistresses, and Nuns in Early Modern Italy: Making the. Routledge. pp. 159–180.
- Williams, George L. (1998). Papal Genealogy: The Families and Descendants of the Popes. McFarland & Company, Inc.