Margherita de' Medici | |||||
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![]() Portrait by Justus Sustermans | |||||
Duchess consort of Parma and Piacenza | |||||
Tenure | 11 October 1628 – 11 September 1646 | ||||
Regent of Parma and Piacenza | |||||
Regency | 1646–1648 | ||||
Co-Regent | Francesco Maria Farnese | ||||
Born | Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany | 31 May 1612||||
Died | 6 February 1679 Parma, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza | (aged 66)||||
Spouse | Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma | ||||
Issue | Ranuccio II, Duke of Parma Prince Alessandro | ||||
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House | Medici | ||||
Father | Cosimo II de' Medici | ||||
Mother | Maria Magdalena of Austria |
Margherita de' Medici (31 May 1612 – 6 February 1679) was Duchess of Parma and Piacenza by her marriage to Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma. Margherita was regent of Piacenza in 1635, and regent of the entire duchy from 1646 until 1648 during the minority of her son.