Ranuccio II Farnese.

Ranuccio II Farnese (September 17, 1630 — December 11, 1694) was the sixth Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1646 until his death nearly 50 years later. Image File history File links RanuccioII.jpg‎ http://www. ... Image File history File links RanuccioII.jpg‎ http://www. ... The Farnese family was an influential family in Renaissance Italy. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... Events February 22 - Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists. ... December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ... The Duchy of Parma was a small Italian state between 1545 and 1802, and again from 1814 to 1860. ... Country Italy Region Emilia-Romagna Province Parma (PR) Mayor Elvio Ubaldi (since May 28, 2002) Elevation 55 m Area 260 km² Population  - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 175,789  - Density 676/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Parmigiani (Parmensi are called the provinces inhabitants) Dialing code... Piacenza (Placentia in Latin and old-fashioned English, Piasëinsa in the local dialect of Emiliano-Romagnolo) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. ... // Events The Westminster Confession of Faith Ongoing events Wars of the Three Kingdoms, including the English Civil War (1642-1649) Births February 4 - Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman and poet (d. ...

Biography

He was born the eldest son of Odoardo Farnese, fifth Duke of Parma, and Margherita de Medici. After his father's death, he was for two years under the regency of his uncle, Francesco Maria Farnese, and his mother. Odoardo Farnese (1573-1626), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy. ... The Medici coat of arms The Medici family was a powerful and influential Florentine family from the 13th to 17th century. ...

Ranuccio II was married three times; first to Marguerite of Savoy (1635-63) in 1660, second to Isabella of Modena (1635-66) in 1664, and in 1668 to Maria of Modena, (1644-84).

During Odoardo's reign the decling Duchy had been involved in the Wars of Castro, connected to a Farnese fief in the Papal States, north to Rome, which the powerful Pope Urban VIII's family, the Barberini, was eager to acquire. Pope Innocent X, on whose orders the city of Castro was destroyed on September 2, 1649. ... The Papal States (Gli Stati della Chiesa or Stati Pontificii, States of the Church) was one of the major historical states of Italy before the boot-shaped peninsula was unified under the Piedmontese crown of Savoy (later a republic). ... Pope Urban VIII (April 1568 – July 29, 1644), born Maffeo Barberini, was Pope from 1623 to 1644. ... The Barberini family was a powerful Italian family, originally of Tuscan extraction, who settled in Florence during the early part of the eleventh century. ...

In 1649, Urban's successor, Innocent X, accused Ranuccio II of murdering Cardinal Cristoforo Giarda, who was on his way to the city of Castro (of which he had been named bishop) at the time of his death. In retaliation, forces loyal to the Pope besieged the Farnese city for two months, and then razed it to the ground. In the August the Parmense troops had been crushed not far from Bologna, and Ranuccio remained with no means to gain back its fief, despites his attempts to buy it back through money. // Events January 30 - King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is beheaded. ... Diego Velazquez portrait, which Innocent X found too truthful Innocent X, né Giovanni Battista Pamphili (May 6, 1574 - January 5, 1655), Pope from 1644 to 1655, was born in Rome in 1574, attained the dignity of cardinal in 1629. ... A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking just below the Pope and appointed by him as a member of the College of Cardinals during a consistory. ... Castro was an ancient city, believed to have been originally founded by the Latins, on the west side of Lake Bolsena in present-day Italy. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

In his last days of reign, the Duchy suffered heavily for the presence of Imperial troops, who were fighting in the dispute between Victor Amadeus II of Savoy and France. The Holy Roman Empire and from the 16th century on also The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation was a political conglomeration of lands in Central Europe in the Middle Ages and the early modern period. ... Combatants Dutch Republic, England,[3] Holy Roman Empire, Duchy of Savoy, Spain, Sweden France, Irish Catholics Commanders Prince Waldeck, Duke of Savoy, Duke of Lorraine , Elector of Bavaria, Prince of Baden Duc de Luxembourg â€ , Duc de Villeroi, Duc de Lorge, Duc de Boufflers, Nicolas Catinat, Duc de Noailles Strength ~250... ...

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References

• http://www.comune.piacenza.it/english/history/Ifarnese.htm (Retrieved January 23, 2005)
• http://www.italycyberguide.com/History/factspersons/wxyz.htm (Retrieved January 23, 2005)
• http://page.freett.com/mako_vl/name/hausf.html (Retrieved January 23, 2005)