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Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma

1524 - 1586

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Ottavio Farnese (9 October 1524 – 18 September 1586) reigned as Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1547 until his death and Duke of Castro from 1545 to 1547 and from 1553 until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma has received more than 113,025 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma is the 3,746th most popular politician (up from 3,914th in 2019), the 1,170th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,197th in 2019) and the 253rd most popular Italian Politician.

Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, was a member of the House of Farnese and the grandson of Pope Paul III. He was the son of Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma and Margaret Yolande of Savoy. He was the father of Elisabeth Farnese, Queen of Spain.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma ranks 3,746 out of 19,576Before him are Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville, Ildibad, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Emperor Xiaozong of Song, Volusianus, and Sambhaji. After him are Stanislav Shushkevich, Robert de Craon, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Andreas Palaiologos, George Papandreou, and Osroes I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1524, Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma ranks 4Before him are Selim II, Luís de Camões, and Pierre de Ronsard. After him are Joseph Nasi, Diego de Landa, Louise Labé, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, Rani Durgavati, François Hotman, and Plautilla Nelli. Among people deceased in 1586, Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma ranks 5Before him are Stephen Báthory, Margaret of Parma, Lucas Cranach the Younger, and Augustus, Elector of Saxony. After him are Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Primož Trubar, Luis de Morales, Birbal, Ignazio Danti, and Philip Sidney.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma ranks 1,170 out of 5,161Before him are Antipope Boniface VII (1000), Guido Cavalcanti (1258), Trota of Salerno (1001), Ildibad (450), Persius (34), and Mary of Modena (1658). After him are Flavio Biondo (1388), Stefania Sandrelli (1946), Filarete (1400), Gino Colaussi (1914), Franco Corelli (1921), and Lambert of Italy (880).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma ranks 253Before him are Constantius Gallus (325), Bianca Cappello (1548), Maria Theresa of Austria (1767), Giovanni Leone (1908), Drusus Julius Caesar (-13), and Ildibad (450). After him are Lambert of Italy (880), Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1508), Francis IV, Duke of Modena (1779), Paolo Gentiloni (1954), Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal (1589), and Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany (1663).