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	Parma - LoveToKnow 1911
		Parma, one of the finest cities of northern Italy, lies in a fertile tract of the Lombard plain, within view of the Alps and sheltered by the Apennines, 170 ft. above sea-level.
		The royal university of Parma, founded in 1601 by Ranuccio I., and reconstituted by Philip of Bourbon in 1768, has faculties in law, medicine and natural science, and possesses an observatory, and natural science collections, among which is the Eritrean Zoological Museum.
		A bishop of Parma is mentioned in the acts of the council of Rome of A.D. It fell into the power of Alboin in 569 and became the seat of a Lombard duchy; it was still one of the wealthiest cities of Aemilia in the Lombard period.
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	Farnese - LoveToKnow 1911
		But the duke came to an arrangement with his father-in-law, by which he regained Piacenza and his other fiefs The rest of his life was spent quietly at home, where the moderation and wisdom of his rule won for him the affection of his people.
		Ranuccio was a reserved and gloomy bigot; he instituted savage persecutions against supposed witches and heretics, and lived in perpetual terror of plots.
		The Palazzo Farnese in Rome, one of the finest specimens of Roman Renaissance architecture, was begun under Paul III., while he was cardinal, by Antonio da San Gallo, and completed by his nephew Cardinal Alessandro under the direction of Michelangelo (1526).
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	Diocese of Parma
		In the thirteenth century (1199, 1200, 1204), Parma was at war with its neighbour Piacenza; later it aroused the indignation of Innocent III by the robbery of a pontifical legate.
		In 1512 Julius II united Parma to the Pontifical States; it should be said that John of Bohemia had previously held it as a fief of the Holy See; but from 1515 to 1521, the city was again in the hands of the King of France.
		Ranuccio enlarged the state and protected study, founding a college of nobles; his son Odoardo, in 1622, succeeded to the duchy, which was governed during his minority by his mother Margherita and his uncle Cardinal Odoardo, as regents.
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	Farnese family: Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
		The first duke was his illegitimate son, Pier Luigi Farnese (1503–47), whose son Ottavio (1542–86), the 2nd duke, made Parma the capital and consolidated the family's power.
		Ranuccio II (1630–94) declared war and was defeated, and the duchy survived precariously.
		Francesco Farnese (1678–1727) tried to save the state, but his only important success was the marriage of his niece Isabella Farnese to Philip V of Spain (1714).
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	Elisabeth of Parma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Marie was a daughter of Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg and a granddaughter of John III, Duke of Cleves.
		Anne of Bohemia was herself a daughter of Ladislaus II and Anne de Foix.
		At the age of twenty-one (1714) she was married by proxy at Parma to Philip V of Spain.
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	The Succession Laws of Parma
		Restoring a counterweight to this new power was in the interests of Parma, and its minister in Madrid, Giulio Alberoni, pulled off the marriage of Odoardo's daughter Elisabetta to the widowed king Philip V of Spain in 1714.
		The dynasty was overthrown in 1859: the duke and regent duchess left Parma on June 9 for Switzerland and made an official protest on June 20 against the Sardinian invasion.
		Promise by the king of Spain to fulfill the conditions for investiture of the duchies of Tuscany, Parma and Piacenza (28 Feb 1724; Dumont 8:2:80).
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	Parma - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In 1847, after Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma's death, it passed again to the Bourbons, the last of whom was stabbed in the city and left it to his Widow, Luisa Maria of Berry.
		Parma is famous for its food: Parmigiano Reggiano cheese (also produced in Reggio Emilia), Prosciutto di Parma (Parma ham).
		Emilia-Romagna · Comunes of the Province of Parma
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	Emilia-Romagna itineraries: Parma history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Parma occupied a strategic position at the intersection between the Roman road (running east - west) and the pre - Roman transapennine route connecting Luni and the Tyrrhenian Sea with the Po and the Adriatic.
		Parma, which was rebuilt by Augustus after its destruction in 44 BC, reached its height in the Imperial period and the title Julia was conferred on the city in the 1st century AD, in recognition of its loyalty to Rome.
		Between the 15th and 16th century Parma was the theatre of various European conflicts: Fornovo, for example, was the scene of the famous battle between Charles VIII of France and the Italian League forces commanded by Francesco Gonzaga (5-6 July 1495).
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	The Galileo Project
		Ranuccio Farnese, a relative by marriage of the Duke of Urbino, met Commandino there and promptly took him in his retinue, as personal physician, to Rome sometime in the early 1550's.
		Commandino was the tutor to the heir of Urbino.
		He told the duke that he had just married off one daughter and would soon marry off another, and that this was taking nearly all of his assets.
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	Farnese. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Ottavio’s brother, Alessandro Farnese, 1520–89, was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
		The four dukes who succeeded Ranuccio I were less distinguished rulers, although they continued the family’s patronage of the arts despite increasing economic and political troubles.
		His niece, Elizabeth Farnese, queen of Philip V of Spain, secured (1748) the succession to the duchy for her son Philip, founder of the line of Bourbon-Parma.
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	Heraldry in Pre-Unification Italy
		Gianfrancesco was succeeded in 1444 by his son Ludovico II (1412-78), whose son Frederico I (1441-84) was in turn succeeded by Francesco II (1466-1519), who was made gonfalonier in 1510 and added the insignia of this office to his arms (see the page on papal heraldry).
		Other branches were the dukes of Sabionetta and princes of Gazzolo (from a son of Ludovico II) and the counts of Novellare (from a son of Luigi, the founder of the dynasty).
		In 1734, the Infant of Spain Carlos, then duke of Parma, conquered the kingdom of Naples; and in 1738, after his conquest was recognized by the treaty of Vienna, he was invested by the Pope with the kingdoms of Sicily and Jerusalem.
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	FARNESE - Online Information article about FARNESE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Orazio, Pierluigi's third son, was made duke of Castro when his father became duke of Parma, and married Diane, a natural daughter of See also:
		But Ottavio would not be put ofi; he attempted to seize Parma by force, and having failed, entered into negotiations with Gonzaga.
		King Philip V. of Spain by Elisabetta Farnese (1692-1766), granddaughter of Ranuccio II.
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	Sentido.tv :: Culture :: Travel :: Parma
		Parma's duomo (cathedral) is the most thoroughly frescoed in all of Italy, portraying in vibrant detail an astonoshing array of Biblical scenes...
		Ranuccio’s successor, Francesco Maria sought the protection of the papacy when his Duchy of Parma became rather weak and fledgling compared to its more grandiose past.
		Dominion over Parma was granted to Charles of Bourbon, the son of Philip V of Spain and Elisabeth Farnese, in 1731.
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		(Parma 1573-1626) cardinal since 1591; he influenced a lot some of the popes; embellished Palazzo Farnese in Rome; after 1622 he was ruling the dukedome of Parma.
		Duke of Castro in 1537 and the 1st duke of Parma and Piacenza in 1545.
		Frederick II (1194-1250), Holy Roman Emperor in 1220-1250, king of Germany in 1212-1250, and king of Sicily in 1198-1250.
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	Carthalia - Parma: Teatro Farnese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, into the former armoury of the ducal residence.
		Opened 21 December 1628 with Monteverdi's opera "Mercurio e Marte" during the festivities on the occasion of Ranuccio's son Odoardo and Margherita de' Medici.
		Subsequently used for court festivities like ambassadorial receptions, proclamations of state, and princely extravaganzas, as well as for theatrical performances of an immense variety: drama, opera, ballet, equestrian acts, and balls.
	www.andreas-praefcke.de /carthalia/italy/i_parma_teatrofarnese.htm (0 words)

	artnet.com: Resource Library: Galli-Bibiena: (1) Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Cignani brought him to the attention of Ranuccio II Farnese, 6th Duke of Parma and Piacenza, who in the early 1680s made Ferdinando his chief painter and architect.
		In Parma he decorated the loggia of the Teatro Farnese, a gallery in the Palazzo del Giardino and a chapel in the Palazzo Ducale (all destr.).
		Ricci (i): (1) Sebastiano Ricci, §1(i): Venice, Bologna and Parma, to 1690
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	W-X-Y-Z
		The territory of Castro and other possesions like Ronciglione were turned into the dukedome in 1537 by pope Paul III in favour of his son Pier Luigi Farnese, future duke of Parma and Piacenza; it belonged to the Farnese family for more than a century as vassals of the Church's State.
		But five years later the pope Innocent X accused Ranuccio II Farnese in the murder of Cristoforo Giarda, a bishop who was destined for Castro, and ordered the occupation and complete destruction of the city of Castro.
		He accompanied Cyrus the Younger against Artaxerxes II and, after Cyrus' death at Cunaxa in 401, he led his army of 10 000 Greek soldiers to the Black Sea, an expedition described in his Anabasis.
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	The Galileo Project
		He was in the retinue of the Papal legate sent in 1632 to the court of Ferdinand II, where he met Kepler.
		Toward the end of his life he was in charge of the Jesuit house in Rome.
		He dedicated Nova de machinis philosophia, 1642, to Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma.
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	News Hotel Farnese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Farnese isn't just a place to stay, though it is quite a luxurious place to do just that.
		1694 - Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b.
		Farnese is a luxury hotel situated in the heart.
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	Alessandro Farnese e le Fiandre - Alexander Farnese and the Low Countries
		At his death in 1592, Alessandro Farnese’s image was surely in need of refurbishment: he was unpopular with nobles and officials in the Spanish Low Countries, envied by his contemporaries, and mistrusted by Philip II.
		Bruno Adorni, Parma, Alessandro Farnese e l’architettura militare nei ducati di Parma e di Piacenza (avec résumé en français) Charles van den Heuvel, University Library, Universiteit Leiden, The training of noblemen in the arts and sciences in the Low Countries around 1600.
		Alessandro Farnese, warrior of great renown, was celebrated by contemporary and modern historians alike for his talents as a strategist; his career as a military commander, as a diplomat and as a governor-general peaked with the surrender of the Calvinist republics of Ghent and Antwerp in 1584-1585.
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		1847-1849 Charles II (grandson of Ferdinand; duke of Lucca 1824-47, abdicated, died 1883)
		1737-1765 Francis II (duke of Lorraine 1729-37; emperor 1745)
		1801-1803 Louis I (son of Ferdinand, duke of Parma; reconstitution of Tuscany as the kingdom of Etruria 1801-7)
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	Duke Odoardo I Farnese Of Parma / Margherita Princess Of Tuscany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Duke Odoardo I Farnese Of Parma / Margherita Princess Of Tuscany
		Name: Duke Ranuccio Ii Farnese Of Parma Born: 17 Sep 1630 Died: 11 Dec 1694 Wife: Isabella Princess Of Modena
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