What is Margherita de' Medici?
[[File:Portrait of Margherita de' Medici, c. 1628, Oil on canvas, 187 x 115 cm, Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence.jpg|thumb|right|200px]] '''Margherita de' Medici''' (31 May 1612 – 6 February 1679) was [[Duchess of Parma]] and [[Piacenza]] by her marriage to [[Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma]]. Margherita was regent of Plaisance in 1635 and regent of the entire duchy in 1646 after the death of her husband. == Family == She was the fourth of eight children and the second daughter born to [[Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] and his wife [[Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria|Maria Magdalena of Austria]]. Margherita's siblings included [[Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]], Cardinal [[Gian Carlo de' Medici]], Cardinal [[Leopoldo de' Medici]] and Anna, wife of [[Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Further Austria]]. Margherita's other siblings died in childhood or eary adulthood. Margherita married [[Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma]] on 11 October 1628. On 11 September 1646 Odoardo died. Their eldest son, Ranuccio was not yet old enough to rule the Duchy alone so Margherita acted as [[regent]] until her son was old enough to govern alone. She died in [[Parma]] on February 6 1679. ==Issue== #Caterina Farnese (2 October 1629) died at birth. #[[Ranuccio Farnese, Duke of Parma]] (17 September 1630 – 11 December 1694) married (1) [[Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy|Margaret Yolande of Savoy]], (2) [[Isabella of Modena|Isabella d'Este]], (3) [[Maria d'Este]]. #Alessandro Farnese (10 January 1635 - 18 February 1689), [[Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands]] died unmarried. #Onorato Farnese (24 January 1636 -2 November 1656) died unmarried. #Maria Caterina Farnese (3 September 1637 - 24 April 1648) a nun #Maria Maddalena Farnese (15 July 1638 - 11 March 1693) died unmarried. #Pietro Farnese (4 April 1639 - 4 March 1677) died unmarried. #Ottavio Farnese (5 January 1641 - 4 August 1641) died in infancy. [[Category:Tuscan princes and princesses]] [[Category:1612 births]] [[Category:16