Maria of Portugal, Hereditary Princess of Parma

Infanta Maria of Guimarães (12 August 1538 – 9 July 1577) was a Portuguese infanta, daughter of Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães (son of King Manuel I of Portugal), and Isabel of Braganza. She married Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza on 11 November 1565. She was Hereditary Princess of Parma by marriage.[1]

Maria of Portugal
Hereditary Princess of Parma
Tenure11 November 1565 – 7 September 1577
Born12 August 1538
Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Died9 July 1577(1577-07-09) (aged 38)
Parma, Duchy of Parma
SpouseAlexander Farnese, Duke of Parma
Issue
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HouseAviz (by birth)
Farnese (by marriage)
FatherInfante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães
MotherIsabel of Braganza

Issue

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Name Birth Death Notes
Margherita Farnese 7 November 1567 13 April 1643 married, 1581, Vincenzo I, Duke of Mantua; no issue
Ranuccio Farnese 28 March 1569 5 March 1622 succeeded as Duke of Parma
married, 1600, Margherita Aldobrandini; had issue
Odoardo Farnese 7 December 1573 21 February 1626 became a Cardinal

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References

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  1. ^ Jamieson, Frances (formerly Thurtle) (1820). The History of Spain, from the Earliest Ages ... to the Return of Ferdinand VII. in 1814. Whittaker.