Costanza Farnese

Costanza Farnese (December 19, 1500 in Rome – May 23, 1545 in Rome) was a daughter of Alessandro Farnese[1] and Silvia Ruffini.[2] Born before her father became Pope Paul III, her siblings were Pier Luigi, Paul, Ranuccio and Lucrezia.

She married Bosio II Sforza,[1] count of Santa Fiora e Cotignola, they had:

• Guido Ascanio[1]
• Alessandro Sforza[1]
• Sforza Sforza,[1] whose children were:
  • Francesco Sforza[1]
  • Alessandro, 7th count of Santa Fiora, duke of Seni and prince of Valmontone, father of cardinal Federico Sforza.
  • Costanza Sforza[1]
• Mario (1530-1591), count of S. Fiora, married Fulvia Conti[1]
• Faustina Sforza, married Muzio Sforza of Caravaggio[1]
• Francesca Sforza, married Girolamo Orsini[1]
• Camilla, married Besso Ferrero of Masserano[1]

References

1. Williams 1998, p. 201.
2. McIver 2016, p. 174.

Sources

• McIver, Katherine A. (2016). "An Invisible Enterprise: Women and Domestic Architecture in Early Modern Italy". In McIver, Katherine A. (ed.). Wives, Widows, Mistresses, and Nuns in Early Modern Italy: Making the. Routledge. p. 159-180.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Williams, George L. (1998). Papal Genealogy: The Families and Descendants of the Popes. McFarland & Company, Inc.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)