Francesco Farnese reigned as the seventh Farnese Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1694 until his death. He was the second son of Ranuccio II Farnese and Maria d'Este of Modena. His marriage to Dorothea Sophia of the Palatinate, his brother Odoardo's widow, was undertaken in order to avoid the return of her dowry.

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