Ruler · 1524 – 1586

Ottavio Farnese

Lived 1524 – 1586; politician. Duke of Duchies of Silesia, 1547 – 1586.

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Lived: 1524 – 1586; 62 years
In office: 39 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Duchies of Silesia
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Duke

Duchies of Silesia · the 14th of 28 dated reigns · 1298 – 1799

10 before

Enrique Pérez de Guzmán, 4th Duke of Medina Sidonia1507 – 1513

Guidobaldo II della Rovere1538 – …

Pier Luigi Farnese1545 – 1547

Ottavio Farnese1547 – 1586

Paolo Giordano I Orsini1560 – 1585

Alexander Farnese1586 – 1592

Ranuccio I Farnese1592 – 1622

11 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 1547 – 1586 · 39 years · came to it aged 23

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1586, the year they died

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