Hvem giftede sig med Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg?

Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (5 July 1670 – 15 September 1748) was Duchess of Parma from 1695 to 1727 by marriage to Francesco, Duke of Parma. She served as Regent of the Duchy of Parma for her grandson Charles of Spain between 1731 and 1735.

Francesco Farnese (19 May 1678 – 26 February 1727) reigned as the seventh Farnese Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1694 until his death. Married to Dorothea Sophia of the Palatinate, his brother Odoardo's widow, to avoid the return of her dowry, Francesco curtailed court expenditure, enormous under his father and predecessor, Ranuccio II, while preventing the occupation of his Duchy of Parma, nominally a Papal fief, during the War of the Spanish Succession.

The second son of Ranuccio II Farnese and Maria d'Este of Modena, the Duke, despite his efforts otherwise, saw Parma declared a fief of the Duchy of Milan, an Austrian province in Italy, towards the end of the war. His inability to produce offspring, combined with his brother Antonio's barrenness, lead to the accession of his niece the Queen of Spain's eldest son, Don Carlos, in 1731.

Odoardo Farnese (Colorno, 12 augustus 1666 – Parma, 5 november 1693) was erfprins van Parma en Piacenza. Hij is ook bekend als Odoardo II en was een zoon van hertog Ranuccio II en diens tweede vrouw Isabella d'Este.

Hij huwde op 17 september 1690 te Parma met Dorothea Sophia van Palts-Neuburg (1670 – 1748), dochter van paltsgraaf Filips Willem van Neuburg, de latere keurvorst van de Palts. Uit dit huwelijk werden twee kinderen geboren:

• Alessandro Ignacio (6 december 1691 – 5 augustus 1693)
• Elisabetta Maria (1692 – 1766); ∞ (1714) koning Filips V van Spanje (1683 – 1746)

Odoardo werd als erfprins opgevolgd door zijn halfbroer Francesco, die in 1695 ook met zijn weduwe trouwde.