Cook Family Ancestry Alessandro (Alexander) Farnese Duke of Parma [29171] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here.

Pier Luigi Farnese Duke of Parma & Piacenza [41027]
(1503-1547)

Girolama Orsini [41029]

Charles V of Spain Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor [15861]
(1500-1558)

Johanna Maria van der Gheynst [39556]
(1500-1541)

Ottavio Farnese Duke of Parma and Piacenza [29172]
(1521-1586)

Margaret of Parma Duchess consort of Florence [28602]
(1522-1586)

Alessandro (Alexander) Farnese Duke of Parma [29171]
(1545-1592)

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Spouses/Children:
Maria Hereditary Princess of Parma [29170]

Ranuccio I Farnese Duke of Parma [29173]+

Alessandro (Alexander) Farnese Duke of Parma [29171] ²⁴

Born: 27 Aug 1545
Marriage: Maria Hereditary Princess of Parma [29170] in Nov 1565 in Brussels (Bruxelles), Brabant, Belgium
Died: 3 Dec 1592 at age 47

bullet General Notes:

Stattholder of the Netherlands

http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal10216

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Farnese,_Duke_of_Parma

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: Duke of Parma and Piacenza, 1586. was Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1586 to 1592

• Acceded: Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, 1578. Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1578 to 1592

Alessandro married Maria Hereditary Princess of Parma [29170] [MRIN: 13290], daughter of Duarte Duque de Guimaraes [15810] and Isabella of Braganza [29169], in Nov 1565 in Brussels (Bruxelles), Brabant, Belgium. (Maria Hereditary Princess of Parma [29170] was born on 12 Aug 1538 in Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves and died on 7 Sep 1577 in Parma, Duchy of Parma.)

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Alessandro (Alexander) Farnese Duke of Parma [29171] ²⁴