Costanza Farnese

FatherPope Paul IIIMotherSilvia 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

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Williams 1998, p. 201.
  2. ^ McIver 2016, p. 174.

Sources

  • 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.
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