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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Alessandro Farnese
Farnese was employed by the popes on various legations and embassies.
In 1539, he was legatus a latere of Paul III at the court of Charles V, to make peace between the emperor and the King of France, and to sever the alliance with England, also to arrange for a general council.
Farnese was an ardent promoter of the Tridentine reforms.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/05788b.htm   (553 words)

  
 Elizabeth Farnese on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
ELIZABETH FARNESE [Elizabeth Farnese], 1692-1766, queen of Spain, second consort of Philip V ; niece of Antonio Farnese, duke of Parma.
Soon after her marriage (1714), arranged by Cardinal Alberoni and the princesse des Ursins, she gained a strong influence over her weak husband and for some time, at first with Alberoni, virtually ruled Spain, though after 1743, Ensenada was the chief power in government.
The Farnese circular courtyard at Caprarola: God, geopolitics, genealogy, and gender.
encyclopedia.infonautics.com /html/E/ElizbetF1.asp   (317 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Pope Gregory XIII Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He was born Ugo Buoncampagno in Bologna, where he studied law and graduated in 1530.
Afterwards, he taught jurisprudence for some years, Alexander Farnese, Reginald Pole and Charles Borromeo being among his pupils.
Upon the death of Pius IV in May 1572, the conclave chose Cardinal Buoncampagno, who assumed the name of Gregory XIII.
www.ipedia.com /pope_gregory_xiii.html   (579 words)

  
 Elizabeth Farnese: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Elizabeth Farnese (October 25, EHandler: no quick summary.
Her paternal grandfather was Ranuccio II Farnese, EHandler: no quick summary.
(1756); Memoirs of Elizabeth Farnese (London, EHandler: no quick summary.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/el/elizabeth_farnese.htm   (1450 words)

  
 Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma Narration @ LaunchBase.net (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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