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  • NAME: Isabella Farnese
  • OCCUPATION: King/Queen
  • BIRTH DATE: October 25, 1692
  • DEATH DATE: July 17, 1766
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Parma, Italy
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Aranjuez, Spain
  • AKA: Elizabeth Farnese
  • AKA: Isabel de Farnesio
  • AKA: Elisabetta Farnese

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Isabella Farnese was the Queen consort of Spain, wife of Philip V of Spain. She exerted tremendous influence of Spain's foreign policy and expansion.


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Born in Parma, Italy in 1766, Isabella Farnese became the Queen consort of Spain with her marriage to Philip V. She is remembered for her tremendous influence on Spain's foreign policy and expansion. She made it her life's quest to secure Italian territories for her own children during her lifetime. Audacious and unrelenting, she chose ministers who could complete her missions without fail.

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