Vittoria Farnese

Vittoria Farnese was an Italian noblewoman, and by her brief marriage to Francesco I d'Este, she became duchess of Modena and Reggio.

Life

Vittoria Farnese was born in Parma, the daughter of Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma and Margherita Aldobrandini, niece of Pope Clement VIII.
On 12 February 1648 she married Francesco I d'Este, widower of her sister Maria Farnese. Vittoria died in Modena in 1649, while giving birth to the couple's only child, also named Vittoria. Francesco then married a third time, to Lucrezia Barberini, in Loreto in October 1654.