About Vittoria Farnese d'Este
Lived 1618 – 1649 (aged 31). Vittoria Farnese d'Este was an aristocrat.
Vittoria Farnese (29 April 1618 – 10 August 1649) was an Italian noblewoman, and by her brief marriage to Francesco I d'Este, she became duchess of Modena and Reggio.
Life Vittoria Farnese was born in Parma, the daughter of Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma and Margherita Aldobrandini, niece of Pope Clement VIII.
On 12 February 1648 she married Francesco I d'Este, Vittoria died in Modena in 1649, while giving birth to the couple's only child, also named Vittoria (1649–1656). Francesco then married a third time, to Lucrezia Barberini, in Loreto in October 1654.
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Duchess of Modena and Reggio (1618-1649)
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Vittoria Farnese d'Este was born on 29 April 1618 in Parma.
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Vittoria Farnese d'Este died on 10 August 1649 in Modena.
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Vittoria Farnese d'Este was an aristocrat.
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