Margaret of Parma
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For Margherita, Duchess of Parma (1612–79), see Margherita de' Medici.
For the 19th-century princess, titular Queen consort, see Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma.
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.
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| Margaret | |
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 Portrait by Antonio Moro, circa 1562 | |
| Duchess consort of Florence | |
| Tenure | 18 January 1536 – 6 January 1537 |
| Duchess consort of Parma and Piacenza | |
| Tenure | 10 September 1547 – 18 January 1586 |
| Born | 5 July 1522 Oudenaarde, County of Flanders, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 18 January 1586(1586-01-18) (aged 63) Ortona, Kingdom of Naples |
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| Issue | Charles Farnese Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma |
| House | Habsburg |
| Father | Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor |
| Mother | Johanna Maria van der Gheynst |
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