Odoardo I Farnese

duke of Parma

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Odoardo I Farnese was the fourth duke of Parma and Piacenza, ruling from 1622 until his death in 1646. He was an ambitious and impulsive ruler who became involved in inconclusive campaigns and diplomacy during the Thirty Years' War. His reign was marked by financial and diplomatic challenges, inherited from his predecessor. Odoardo I Farnese was the son of Ranuccio I and Margherita Aldobrandini. He married Margherita de' Medici, daughter of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. His eldest son, Ranuccio II, succeeded him as duke.1

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Urban VIII
…of Castro (1642–44) against Duke Odoardo I Farnese of Parma, whom he excommunicated in 1642, but the campaign ended in the pope’s defeat and humiliation in March 1644. Venice, Tuscany, and Modena then formed an antipapal league to protect Parma, and France also intervened in Odoardo’s favour. Peace was concluded…
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…of Castro (1642–44) against Duke Odoardo I Farnese of Parma, whom he excommunicated in 1642, but the campaign ended in the pope’s defeat and humiliation in March 1644. Venice, Tuscany, and Modena then formed an antipapal league to protect Parma, and France also intervened in Odoardo’s favour. Peace was concluded…
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Farnese Family
Ranuccio’s son and successor, Odoardo I (1612–46), was ambitious and impulsive, and he engaged in inconclusive campaigns and diplomacy during the Thirty Years’ War. His eldest son, Ranuccio II (1630–94), who succeeded him in 1646, inherited a heavy financial and diplomatic burden. In 1649 Pope Innocent X accused the…
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Ranuccio’s son and successor, Odoardo I (1612–46), was ambitious and impulsive, and he engaged in inconclusive campaigns and diplomacy during the Thirty Years’ War. His eldest son, Ranuccio II (1630–94), who succeeded him in 1646, inherited a heavy financial and diplomatic burden. In 1649 Pope Innocent X accused the…
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