Background
She was named after her father"s mother Margaret of Parma, natural daughter of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Margherita was born in Parma.
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The couple made a solemn entry into Mantua on 30 April 1581, but the marriage ended in annulment on grounds of non-consummation on 26 May 1583, with Vincenzo claiming she had been unable to do so due to a deformity and Margherita accusing him of impotence. Vincenzo"s brother Ranuccio then took her back to Parma a year after the marriage and Vincenzo remarried in 1584 to Eleonora de" Medici. Thought unable to have children, Margherita was forced to retire to a convent and take vows as a nun.
In 1616 she intervened, supported by financial aid offered by the devotees, in order to complete the Franciscan church of Santi Gervaso e Protaso, now dedicated to the Santissima Annunziata, according to the plans by Giambattista Fornovo.
She died in Piacenza.
