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Pier Luigi Farnese

Duke of Castro (1537–1545); Duke of Parma and Piacenza (1545–1547)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 7, 2026
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Pier Luigi Farnese was the first Duke of Castro from 1537 to 1545 and the first Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1545 to 1547. He was the illegitimate son of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese. He became a soldier and participated in the Sack of Rome in 1527.

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This entry incorporates text from “Pier Luigi Farnese” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.