Margaret of Parma
| Margaret | |
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Portrait by Antonio Moro, c. 1562 | |
| Duchess consort of Florence | |
| Tenure | 18 January 1536 – 6 January 1537 |
| Duchess consort of Parma and Piacenza | |
| Tenure | 10 September 1547 – 18 January 1586 |
| Born | 5 July 1522 Oudenaarde, County of Flanders, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 18 January 1586 (aged 63) Ortona, Kingdom of Naples |
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| Spouses | |
| Issue | Charles Farnese Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma |
| House | Habsburg |
| Father | Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor |
| Mother | Johanna Maria van der Gheynst |
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Margaret (Italian: Margherita di Parma; 5 July 1522 – 18 January 1586) was Duchess of Parma from 1547 to 1586 as the wife of Duke Ottavio Farnese and Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1559 to 1567 and from 1578 to 1582. She was the illegitimate daughter of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and Johanna Maria van der Gheynst. She had briefly been Duchess of Florence from 1536 to 1537 by her first marriage to Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence.