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BETWEEN the years 1551 and 1612 there lived in Parma a lady of high rank and of rare beauty , whom fate , in the end , involved in a tragic catastrophe , on the records of which still hangs a terrible mystery .
BETWEEN the years 1551 and 1612 there lived in Parma a lady of high rank and of rare beauty , whom fate , in the end , involved in a tragic catastrophe , on the records of which still hangs a terrible mystery .
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( Farnese ) , erected Parma and Piacenza into a duchy , to be held as a fief of the Holy See , in favour of his natural son , Pier Luigi Farnese , whom he had previously created Duke of Castro , Nepi , and Camerino , raising him also to ...
( Farnese ) , erected Parma and Piacenza into a duchy , to be held as a fief of the Holy See , in favour of his natural son , Pier Luigi Farnese , whom he had previously created Duke of Castro , Nepi , and Camerino , raising him also to ...
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Spain , and ultimately on the liberality of Charles V. and Philip II . to their daughter and sister , Margaret of Parma . They were consequently , even when at home , never hard up for their means of subsistence .
Spain , and ultimately on the liberality of Charles V. and Philip II . to their daughter and sister , Margaret of Parma . They were consequently , even when at home , never hard up for their means of subsistence .
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