Maria of Portugal, Hereditary Princess of Parma

For other people with the same name, see Maria of Portugal.

Maria of Portugal
Antonis Mor, 1550.
Hereditary Princess of Parma
Tenure	11 November 1565 – 7 September 1577
Born	12 August 1538 Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	9 July 1577(1577-07-09) (aged 38) Parma, Duchy of Parma
Spouse	Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma ​ ​ (m. 1565)​
Issue Detail	Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma Margherita, Duchess of Mantua Cardinal Oddoardo
House	Aviz (by birth) Farnese (by marriage)
Father	Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães
Mother	Isabel of Braganza

Infanta Maria of Guimarães (12 August 1538 – 9 July 1577) was a Portuguese infanta, daughter of Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães (son of King Manuel I of Portugal), and Isabel of Braganza. She married Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza on 11 November 1565. She was Hereditary Princess of Parma by marriage.[1]

Issue

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Margherita Farnese	7 November 1567	13 April 1643	married, 1581, Vincenzo I, Duke of Mantua; no issue
Ranuccio Farnese	28 March 1569	5 March 1622	succeeded as Duke of Parma married, 1600, Margherita Aldobrandini; had issue
Odoardo Farnese	7 December 1573	21 February 1626	became a Cardinal

Ancestry

Ancestors of Maria of Portugal, Hereditary Princess of Parma

8. Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu 4. Manuel I of Portugal 9. Beatriz of Portugal 2. Duarte, Duke of Guimarães 10. Ferdinand II of Aragon 5. Maria of Aragon 11. Isabella I of Castile 1. Maria of Portugal 12. Fernando II, Duke of Braganza 6. Jaime I, Duke of Braganza 13. Isabel of Viseu 3. Isabel of Braganza 14. Juan Alonso de Guzmán y Ribera, Duke of Medina Sidonia 7. Leonor de Guzmán y Velasco 15. Isabel de Velasco y Mendoza

References

1. Jamieson, Frances (formerly Thurtle) (1820). The History of Spain, from the Earliest Ages ... to the Return of Ferdinand VII. in 1814. Whittaker.