Ruler · 1678 – 1727

Francesco Farnese

Lived 1678 – 1727; politician. Duke of Duchies of Silesia, 1694 – 1727.

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Lived: 1678 – 1727; 49 years
In office: 33 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Duchies of Silesia
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Duke

Duchies of Silesia · the 21st of 28 dated reigns · 1298 – 1799

17 before

Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg1611 – 1633

Charles Paris d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville1663 – 1672

Gaspar Juan Pérez de Guzmán, 10th Duke of Medina Sidonia1664 – 1667

Francesco Farnese1694 – 1727

Adolphus Frederick II1701 – 1708

Adolphus Frederick III1708 – 1752

Ernst Ludwig II1724 – 1729

4 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1694 – 1727 · 33 years · came to it aged 16

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1727, the year they died

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