Pier Luigi Farnese was the first Duke of Castro from 1537 to 1545 and the first Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1545 to 1547. He was the illegitimate son of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese. He became a so
Portrait of Pier Luigi Farnese by Titian, 1546
Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome
View of Castro (1663).
Pier Luigi appointed to Duke of Parma and Piacenza by Paul III
Ranuccio Farnese was an Italian prelate of the Farnese family, who was Cardinal of Santa Lucia in Selci from 1545 to his death in 1565. Son of Pier Luigi Farnese, the illegitimate son of Pope Paul III
Ranuccio Cardinal Farnese
Titian's portrait of the 12-year-old Ranuccio Farnese.