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Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma

Field	Value
name	Alexander Farnese
title	Prince of Parma
image	File:Alessandro di Odoardo Farnese.jpg
succession	Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
reign	1678–1682
predecessor	Carlos de Aragón de Gurrea, 9th Duke of Villahermosa
successor	Ottone Enrico del Caretto, Marquis of Savona
birth_date	10 January 1635
birth_place	Parma, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
death_date	18 February 1689
death_place	Madrid, Spanish Empire
house	Farnese
father	Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma
mother	Margherita de' Medici

Alessandro Farnese (10 January 1635 – 18 February 1689) was an Italian military leader who was governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1678 to 1682.

He is not to be confused with his better-known great-grandfather Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma. This Alessandro was often called Alessandro di Odoardo (son of Odoardo). His elder brother Ranuccio II was the sixth duke of Parma and Piacenza .

Biography

He was born in Parma, the second son of Odoardo Farnese, fifth duke of Parma, and Margherita de' Medici.

He was general in the army of Venice, fighting the Turks, and later admiral in the Spanish Navy. He became governor of the Southern Netherlands after the Franco-Dutch War.

Alexander died in Madrid in 1689.

Family

By his mistress Maria de Lao y Carillo had the following children:

Alessandro Odoardo (Badajoz, 12 April 1663 – Cacéres, 21 May 1666)
Alessandro Maria (Badajoz, 30 October 1664 – 28 September 1726), Colonel in Spanish army
Margherita (Badajoz, 5 June 1665 – Parma, November 1718), nun in Parma
Isabella (Badajoz, 19 September 1666 – Parma, 27 December 1741), nun in Parma

References

Busolini, Dario. (1995). "FARNESE, Alexander". Institute of the Italian Encyclopedia.

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