a revitalization of the University of Parma and the final expansion of the city walls. Construction of the Palazzo della Pilotta, the court palace of the Farnese family, was completed in 1620. Ranuccio was succeeded by his son Odoardo, initially under the regency of Ranuccio's brother, Odoardo Farnese. Issue He married Donna Margarita Aldobrandini—the daughter of Don Giovanni Francesco Aldobrandini, Prince of Carpineto and his wife the heiress Donna Olimpia Aldobrandini, Princess Campinelli—on 7 May 1600 in Rome, St. Sixtus. The couple had nine children: Alessandro Francesco Maria Farnese (8 August 1602), died at birth. Maria Farnese (5 September 1603), died at birth. Alessandro Farnese (5 September 1610 – 24 July 1630), Hereditary Prince of Parma and Piacenza, deaf and mentally disabled from birth, excluded from the succession. Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma (28 April 1612 – 11 September 1646), married Margherita de' Medici and had issue. Orazio Farnese (7 July 1613 – 28 February 1614), died in infancy. Maria Farnese (18 February 1615 – 25 July 1646), married Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena and had issue. Maria Farnese (29 April 1618), died at birth. Vittoria Farnese (29 April 1618 – 10 Aug 1649), married Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena and had issue. Francesco Maria Farnese (19 August 1620 – 13 July 1647), Cardinal. Before his marriage Ranuccio I had a relation with Briseide Ceretoli, who was at that time unmarried; she was the daughter of Ottavio Ceretoli, a captain who had died in Flanders in the following of Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma. The couple had two natural children: (illeg.) Ottavio Farnese (1598–1643) and Isabella. References |- 1569 births Regents of Parma 17th-century Italian nobility 1622 deaths Ranuccio I Ranuccio 1 Burials at the Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Steccata Non-inheriting heirs presumptive