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Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome
 

The Descendants of
Pope Paul III (Alexander Farnese)
     (5 generations)


       Pope Paul III 1534-1549
       Alexander Farnese
       Born 29 February 1468
       Died 10 November 1549
       Children by NN
                 Children, Generation I
 
       Generation I 
            1  Constanza Farnese
               Married (1) Stefano Orsini
               Died 1548
               Married (2) Bosio Sforza, Conte de Santa Fiora, son of
               Federico Sforza, Conte de Santa Fiora and Bartolomea Orsini
               Died 1543
                         Children, Generation II-1
 
            2  Pier Luigi Farnese
               Duke of Parma
               Born 19 November 1503
               Died 10 September 1547 (murdered)
               Married 1519
               Gerolama Orsini, daughter of Luigi Orsini
               Died 1590
                         Children, Generation II-2
 
       II-1 (I-1)
        (2) 1  Sforza Sforza
               Conte di San Fiora
               Died 1575
               Married Caterina de' Nobili
                         Children, Generation III-1 
 
            2  Mario Sforza
               Conte de Santa Fiora
               Died 1611
                         Children, Generation III-2
 
       II-2 (I-2)
            1  Alessandro Farnese
               Cardinal
               Born 5 October 1520
               Died 2 March 1589
 
            2  Ottavio Farnese
               Duke of Parma and Piacenza 1547-1586
               Born 9 October 1524
               Died 21 September 1586
               Married 4 November 1538 Rome
               Margarete of Austria, Governess of The Netherlands,
               daughter of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor 1519-1556 and
               Johanna Maria van der Gheynst
               Born 28 December 1522 Oudenaerde
               Died 18 January 1586 Ortona, Parma
               Buried Rome
                         Children, Generation III-3
 
            3  Orazio Farnese
               Duca di Castro
               Died 18 July 1553 Hesdin (in battle)
               Married 13 February 1552
               Diane legitimee de France, Duchesse de Chatellerault,
               daughter of Henri II, King of France 1547-1559 and Philippe
               Duc
               Born 1538
               Died 3 January 1619 Paris
                         S.P.
 
            4  Ranuccio Farnese
               Cardinal
               Born 11 August 1530
               Died 1556
 
            5  Vittoria Farnese
               Married Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duca di Urbino, son of
               Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duca di Urbino
               Born 1514
               Died 1574
                         Children, Generation III-4  
 
      III-1 (II-1-1)
            1  Constanza Sforza
               Born 1550
               Died 22 January 1617
               Married 5 February 1576
               Don Giacomo Boncompagni, 1.Marchese di Vignola, 1.Duca di
               Sora, son of Pope Gregory XIII 1572-1585, Ugo Boncompagni
               and NN
               Born 8 May 1548 Bologna
               Died 26 August 1612 Isola del Liri
                         Children, Generation IV-1
 
      III-2 (II-1-2)
            1  Federico Sforza
               Died 1581
                         Children, Generation IV-2

      III-3 (II-2-2)
            1  Alessandro Farnese
               Duke of Parma and Plaisance
               Born 27 August 1545 Rome
               Died 3 December 1592 Saint Waast, Span.Netherlands
               Buried Parma, Italy
               Married 11 November 1565 Bruxelles
               Infanta Maria of Portugal, daughter of Duarte of Portugal,
               Duke of Guimaraes and Isabella de Braganca
               Born 8 December 1538 Lisboa
               Died 9 July 1577 Parma
                         Children, Generation IV-3
 
            2  Carlo Farnese
               Born 27 August 1545 Rome
               Died infancy
 
      III-4 (II-2-5)
            1  Isabella della Rovere
               Died 6 July 1619
               Married 1565
               Nicola Berardino Sanseverino, 5.Principe di Bisignano,
               1.Duca di San Pietro, son of Pietro Antonio Sanseverino,
               4.Principe di Bisignano and Erina Scanderbegh Castriota,
               4.Duchessa di San Pietro in Galatina
               Died 21 November 1606 Napoli
                         Children, Generation IV-4
 
            2  Francesco Maria II della Rovere
               Duke of Urbino
               Born 1548
               Died 1631
               Married (1) 1570
               Lucretia d'Este, daughter of Ercole II d'Este, Duke of
               Modena and Ferrara and Renee de France
               Born 16 December 1535
               Died January 1598
               Married (2) Livia della Rovere, daughter of Ippolito della
               Rovere, Marchese di San Lorenzo and Isabella Vitelli,
               Marchesa dell'Amatrice
               Born 1585
               Died 1641
                         Children, Generation IV-5
 
            3  Lavinia della Rovere
               Duchess of Urbino
               Born 16 January 1558
               Died 7 June 1632 Castellone
               Married 5 June 1583 Pesaro
               Alfonso Felice d'Avalos d'Aquino d'Aragona, Principe di
               Francavilla, son of Ferrante Francesco d'Avalos d'Aquino
               d'Aragona, Principe di Francavilla and Isabella Gonzaga
               Born 1564
               Died 2 December 1593 Roma
                         Children, Generation IV-6
 
       IV-1 (III-1-1)
            1  Giovanni Boncompagni
               Died young
 
            2  Scholastica Boncompagni
               Born 1577
               Died 1647
 
            3  Veronica Boncompagni
               Born 1584
               Died 1609
 
            4  Giulia Boncompagni
               Born 1586
               Died 1622
               Married 1605
               Giovanni de Guevara, Duca di Bovino
                         Children, Generation V-1
 
            5  Ugo Boncompagni
               Marchese di Vignola
               Born 1587
               Died 1602
 
            6  Cornelia Boncompagni
               Died 1588
 
            7  Sforza Boncompagni
               Died 1589
 
            8  Don Gregorio Boncompagni
               2.Duca di Sora
               Born 8 May 1590 Milano
               Died 13 October 1628 Napoli
               Married 9 December 1607
               Eleonora Zapata, daughter of Giambattista Zapata/Sapada,
               Viceroi of Napoli and Caterina Brancia
               Born 1593 Napoli
               Died 26 April 1679 Rome
                         Children, Generation V-2
 
            9  Camilla Boncompagni
               Born 1591
               Died 1631
 
            10 Sforza Boncompagni
               Born 1592
               Died 1659
 
            11 Giovanni Boncompagni
               Born 1594
               Died 1634
 
            12 Francesco Boncompagni
               Archbishop of Naples
               Born 1596
               Died 1641

 
       IV-2 (III-2-1)
            1  Alessandro Sforza
               Duca de Segni, Conte de Santa Fiora
               Married Eleonore Orsini
                         Children, Generation V-3
 
       IV-3 (III-3-1)
            1  Margarita Farnese
               Born 7 November 1567
               Died 13 April 1643
               Married 1581 Sep.1582
               Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua 1587-1612, son of
               Guillermo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua 1550-1587 and
               Archduchess Eleonora of Austria
               Born 22 September 1562
               Died 18 February 1612
                         S.P.
 
            2  Ranuccio I Farnese
               Duke of Parma and Plaisance
               Born 28 March 1569 Parma
               Died 5 March 1622 Parma
               Married 7 May 1600 Rome, St. Sixtus
               Donna Margarita Aldobrandini, dei Principi di Carpineto,
               daughter of Don Giovanni Francesco Aldobrandini, Principe
               di Carpineto and Donna Olimpia Aldobrandini, Princess
               Campinelli
               Born circa 1585
               Died 9 August 1646 Parma
               Children by (a) Briseide Ceretoli
                         Children, Generation V-4
 
            3  Odoardo Farnese
               Cardinal, Bishop of Frascati
               Born 7 December 1573
               Died 21 February 1626
 
       IV-4 (III-4-1)
            1  Francesco Teodoro Sanseverino
               11.Conte di Ciaromonte
               Died 27 November 1595
 
       IV-5 (III-4-2)
        (2) 1  Federico Ubaldo della Rovere
               Duke of Urbino
               Born 1605
               Died 1623 (murdered)
               Married 1621
               Claudia de' Medici, daughter of Ferdinand I de' Medici,
               Grand Duke of Tuscany 1587-1609 and Chretienne de Lorraine
               Born 4 June 1604 Florence
               Died 25 December 1648 Innsbruck
                         Children, Generation V-5
 
       IV-6 (III-4-3)
            1  Isabella d'Avalos
               dei Marchesi di Pescara
               Born 26 April 1585 Pesaro
               Died 27 September 1648
               Married 6 December 1597 Fossombrone
               Inigo d'Avalos d'Aquino d'Aragona, Principe di Francavilla,
               son of Cesare d'Avalos d'Aquino d'Aragona, Marchese della
               Padula and Lucrezia del Tufo
               Died 20 November 1632 Vasto
                         Children, Generation V-6
 
            2  Maria Caterina d'Avalos
               Born 16 August 1586 Urbino
               Died 23 May 1618
               Married 13 January 1605
               Camillo Gonzaga, Conte di Novellara, son of Alfons Gonzaga,
               Conte di Novellara and Victoria Capua, Marchesa di Torre
               Born 25 May 1581
               Died 8 November 1650
                         Children, Generation V-7
 
            3  Ferrante Francesco d'Avalos
               Born 9 September 1587 Casalmaggiore
               Died 20 August 1590
 
            4  Maria d'Avalos
               Born 19 June 1589
               Died 1608
 
        V-1 (IV-1-4)
            1  Anna de Guevara
               dei Duchi di Bovino
               Died 14 March 1689
               Married Andrea d'Avalos d'Aquino d'Aragona, Principe di
               Montesarchio, Principe di Troia, son of Giovanni d'Avalos
               d'Aquino d'Aragona, Principe di Montesarchio and Donna
               Andreana de'Sangro
               Born 18 June 1618
               Died 20 February 1709
 
        V-2 (IV-1-8)
            1  Giacomo Boncompagni
               Duca di Sora e d'Arche
               Born 1613
               Died 1636
 
            2  Don Ugo Boncompagni
               4.Duca di Sora
               Born 9 July 1614 Isola del Liri
               Died 28 October 1676 Isola del Liri
               Married 11 February 1641 Napoli
               Donna Maria Ruffo, daughter of Don Francesco Ruffo, 2.Duca
               di Bagnara and Guiomaro Ruffo di Calabria
               Born 29 December 1620 Bagnara
               Died 5 May 1705 Isola del Liri

            3  Costanza Boncompagni
               dei Duca di Sora
               Born 1616
               Died 1648
               Married 1640
               Don Carlo Ruffo, 3.Duca di Bagnara, 1.Principe di
               Sant'Antimo, son of Don Francesco Ruffo, 2.Duca di Bagnara
               and Guiomaro Ruffo di Calabria
               Born 18 August 1616 Bagnara
               Died 18 May 1690
 
            4  Michele Boncompagni
               Born 1618
               Died 1639
 
            5  Caterina Boncompagni
               Born 1619
               Died 1699
 
            6  Maria Boncompagni
               Born 1620
               Died 1648
 
            7  Girolamo Boncompagni
               Archbishop of Bologna
               Born 1622
               Died 1684
 
            8  Cecilia Boncompagni
               Born 1624
               Died 1699
 
            9  Giambattista Boncompagni
               Died Young
 
        V-3 (IV-2-1)
            1  Mario II Sforza
               Duca di Ognano & Segni, Conte de Santa Fiora
               Born 1594
               Died 26 September 1658 Rome
               Married 1613
               Renee de Lorraine, daughter of Charles de Lorraine, Duc de
               Mayenne, pair de France and Henriette de Savoie, Marquise
               de Villars
               Died 23 September 1638 Rome
 
            2  Paolo Sforza
               Marchese de Proceno
               Died 1669
 
        V-4 (IV-3-2)
            1  Alessandro Francesco Maria Farnese
               Born 8 August 1602
               Died 8 August 1602
 
            2  Maria Farnese
               Born 5 September 1603
               Died in infancy
 
            3  Alessandro Farnese
               Born 5 September 1610
               Died July 1630
 
            4  Odoardo I Farnese
               Duke of Parma and Plaisance 1622-1646
               Born 28 April 1612 Parma
               Died 11 September 1646 Piacenza
               Married 11 October 1628 Firenze
               Margherita de' Medici, daughter of Cosimo II de' Medici,
               Grand Duke of Tuscany 1609-1621 and Archduchess Magdalena
               of Austria
               Born 31 May 1612 Firenze
               Died 6 February 1679 Parma
 
            5  Onorato Farnese
               Born 7 July 1613
               Died 28 February 1614
 
            6  Maria Catarina Farnese
               Born 18 February 1615 Parma
               Died 25 July 1646 Sassuolo, Modena
               Married 11 January 1631
               Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena 1629-1658, son of
               Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Modena 1628-1629 and Donna
               Isabella de Savoie
               Born 3 September 1610 Modena
               Died 14 October 1658 Santhia, Vercelli
 
            7  Maria Farnese
               Born 29 April 1618
               Died 29 April 1618
 
            8  Vittoria Farnese
               Born 29 April 1618
               Died 10 August 1649
               Married 12 February 1648
               Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena 1629-1658, son of
               Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Modena 1628-1629 and Donna
               Isabella de Savoie
               Born 3 September 1610 Modena
               Died 14 October 1658 Santhia, Vercelli
 
            9  Francesco Farnese
               Cardinal
               Born 19 August 1620
               Died 13 July 1647
 
        (a) 10 Ottavio Farnese
               Born 1598
 
            11 Isabella Farnese
               Married Giulio Cesare Colonna, Principe de Palestrina et de
               Carbognano, son of Francesco Colonna, Principe di
               Carbognano and Ersilia Sforza
               Born 1602
               Died 17 January 1681 Roma
 
        V-5 (IV-5-1)
            1  Vittoria della Rovere
               Duchess of Urbino
               Born 7 February 1622
               Died 6 March 1694
               Married 26 September 1633
               Ferdinand II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany 1621-1670,
               son of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
               1609-1621 and Archduchess Magdalena of Austria
               Born 14 July 1610
               Died 23 May 1670
 
        V-6 (IV-6-1)
            1  Ferrante Francesco d'Avalos d'Aquino d'Aragona
               Principe di Francavilla
               Born 1601
               Died 23 May 1665
               Married 25 May 1628 Genoa
               Girolama Doria, daughter of Andrea Doria, Principe di Melfi
               Died 4 February 1672 Genoa
                         S.P.
 
            2  Alfonso d'Avalos
               Died 23 May 1664 Ischia
 
            3  Francesca d'Avalos
               Died 6 November 1676
               Married (1) 1618
               Don Marino Caracciolo, 3.Principe di Avellino, son of Don
               Camillo Caracciolo, 2.Principe di Avellino, 3.Duca di
               Atripalda and Donna Roberta Carafa
               Born 9 June 1587 Atripalda
               Died 4 November 1630 Napoli
               Married (2) Pompeo Colonna, Principe di Gallicano
               Died 5 January 1661
 
            4  Lucrezia d'Avalos
               "Sister Maria Chiara"
 
            5  Tommaso d'Avalos
               Bishop of Lucera
               Died December 1643 Lucera
 
            6  Cesare d'Avalos
               Bishop of Volturara
               Died 1655
 
            7  Diego d'Avalos d'Aquino d'Aragona
               Principe di Francavilla
               Died 14 March 1697
               Married 12 February 1645
               Donna Francesca Carafa, daughter of Girolamo II Carafa,
               2.Principe di Roccella and Diana Vittori
               Died 1692
 
            8  Antonia d'Avalos
               "Sister Diodata"
               Born 1619
 
        V-7 (IV-6-2)
            1  Lavinia Gonzaga
               Contessa di Novellara
               Died 7 May 1639
               Married (1) 17 December 1628
               Count Wratislaw von Fuerstenberg, son of Albrecht, Count von
               Fuerstenberg and Freiin Elisabeth von Pernstein
               Born 31 January 1584
               Died 10 July 1631
               Married (2) 7 October 1635 Kaiser Ebersdorf
               Count Otto Friedrich von Harrach zu Rohrau, son of Count
               Karl von Harrach zu Rohrau and Freiin Maria Elisabeth von
               Schrattenbach
               Born 2 September 1610
               Died 7 May 1639
 
            2  Alfonso Gonzaga
               Conte di Novellara
               Born 20 April 1616
               Died 25 July 1678
               Married 1648
               Ricciarda Cybo, Principessa di Massa, daughter of Carlo I
               Cybo, 2.Prince of Massa & Carrara and Brigida Spinola
               Born 20 March 1622
 
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