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Villa Farnese Information (1147 words) |
 | The Villa Farnese, also known as Palazzo Farnese or Villa Caprarola, is a palace in the city of Caprarola in the province of Viterbo, Northern Latium, Italy (approximately 35 miles north-west of Rome). |
| The Villa Farnese was commissioned in 1559 by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese a grandson of Pope Paul III who was known for advancing the ambitions of his relations. |
| Alessandro Farnese decided it would be politic to retire from The Vatican for a period. |
| Alessandro Farnese (1346 words) |
| Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma, general, statesman and diplomat, governor-general of the Netherlands under Philip II of Spain, was born at Rome on the 27th of August 1545, and died at the abbey of St. Waast, near Arras, on the 3rd of December 1592. |
| He was the son of Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, and Margaret of Austria, natural daughter of Charles V. He accompanied his mother to Brussels when she was appointed governor of the Netherlands, and in 1565 his marriage with the princess Maria of Portugal was celebrated in Brussels with great splendor. |
| Alexander Farnese had been brought up in Spain with his cousin, the ill-fated Don Carlos, and his uncle Don John of Austria, both of whom were about the same age as himself, and after his marriage he took up his residence at once at the court of Madrid. |
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