His first marriage was the basis for the 1966 film A Maiden for a Prince, with Vittorio Gassman, Virna Lisi and Anna Maria Guarnieri, who played Margherita.
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On 2 March 1581 she married Vincenzo Gonzaga, the future duke of Mantua, probably with the political aim of creating an anti-Florentine alliance between the Gonzaga and Farnese families, after their long feud since 1547, when Ferrante Gonzaga had organised a plot against Pier Luigi Farnese first duke of Parma and Piacenza.
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Margherita Farnese (7 November 1567 – 13 April 1643) was a daughter of Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma and Infanta Maria of Guimarães.
Margherita of Savoy | House of Farnese | Margherita | Alessandro Farnese | Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma | Margherita Buy | Villa Farnese | Pier Luigi Farnese | Ottavio Farnese | Margherita di Savoia, Apulia | Margherita di Savoia | Margherita, Archduchess of Austria-Este | Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma | Farnese Hercules | Alexander Farnese | Alessandro Farnese (cardinal) | Santa Margherita Ligure | Santa Margherita di Belice | Ponte Regina Margherita | Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma | Margherita Sarfatti | Margherita Durastanti | Margherita d'Anjou | Giulia Farnese | Francesco Farnese | Farnese Gardens | Farnese gardens | Farnese Bull | Catherine Tofts (in white), Margherita de l'Épine (with a red muff) and some opera musicians
(''Rehearsal of an opera'', by Marco Ricci | Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma |