Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma
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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Alexander Farnese
| title = Prince of Parma
| image = File:Alessandro di Odoardo Farnese.jpg
| caption =
| succession = Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
| reign = 1678–1682
| predecessor = Carlos de Aragón de Gurrea, 9th Duke of Villahermosa
| successor = Ottone Enrico del Caretto, Marquis of Savona
| birth_date = 10 January 1635
| birth_place = Parma, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
| death_date = 18 February 1689
| death_place = Madrid, Spanish Empire
| house = Farnese
| father = Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma
| mother = Margherita de' Medici
}}
Alessandro Farnese (10 January 1635 – 18 February 1689) was an Italian military leader who was governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1678 to 1682.
He is not to be confused with his better-known great-grandfather Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma. This Alessandro was often called Alessandro di Odoardo (son of Odoardo). His elder brother Ranuccio II was the sixth duke of Parma and Piacenza .
Biography
He was born in Parma, the second son of Odoardo Farnese, fifth duke of Parma, and Margherita de' Medici.{{cite encyclopaedia |encyclopaedia=Biographical Dictionary of Italians |volume=45 |date=1995 |title=FARNESE, Alexander |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/alessandro-farnese_res-e9ad90ea-87ec-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ |publisher=Institute of the Italian Encyclopedia |first=Dario |last=Busolini |via=treccani.it}}
He was general in the army of Venice, fighting the Turks, and later admiral in the Spanish Navy. He became governor of the Southern Netherlands after the Franco-Dutch War.
Alexander died in Madrid in 1689.
Family
By his mistress Maria de Lao y Carillo had the following children:
- Alessandro Odoardo (Badajoz, 12 April 1663 – Cacéres, 21 May 1666)
- Alessandro Maria (Badajoz, 30 October 1664 – 28 September 1726), Colonel in Spanish army
- Margherita (Badajoz, 5 June 1665 – Parma, November 1718), nun in Parma
- Isabella (Badajoz, 19 September 1666 – Parma, 27 December 1741), nun in Parma
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