 An incensed Charles VI responded by stationing 40,000 soldiers in his Duchy of Milan, north of Parma.In the midst of the diplomatic fray Antonio died, ostensibly from a boil, caused, according to a contemporary, by often sporting "a wig that was too hot for him".Thus ended the House of Farnese, who for 184 years had served as sovereigns to Parma and Piacenza.