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List of Dukes of Ferrara and of Modena

In 1452 the Italian family of Este
Este

The House of Este is a European princely dynasty. It is split into two branches; the elder is known as the House of Welf-Este or House of Welf, the younger, as the House of Fulc-Este or later simply as the House of Este....
, Lords of Ferrara
Ferrara

Ferrara is a city in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara.It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north....
, were created Dukes of Modena
Modena

Modena is a city and a comune on the south side of the Padan Plain, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.An ancient town, it is the seat of an archbishop, but is now best known as "the capital of engines", since the factories of the famous Italian sports car makers Ferrari, De Tomaso, Lamborghini, Pagani and...
 and Reggio
Reggio Emilia

Reggio Emilia is an affluent city of Northern Italy Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 167,013 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....
, becoming Dukes of Ferrara also in 1471. In 1597, they lost the succession of Ferrara
Ferrara

Ferrara is a city in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara.It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north....
 itself to the Papal States
Papal States

The Papal States, State of the Church or Pontifical States were one of the major historical states of Italy from roughly the 6th century until the Italian peninsula was unified in 1861 by the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia ....
. They continued to rule the Duchy of Modena and Reggio
Duchy of Modena and Reggio

The Duchy of Modena was a small Italy state that existed from 1452 to 1859, with a break between 1796 and 1814. The Duchy was originally created for the Este family, who also ruled Ferrara until 1597....
 in the Emilia
Emilia

Emilia may refer to any of the following:*People** Emilia of Gaeta, duchess of Gaeta** Emilia Rydberg, Ethiopian-Swedish pop singer** Emilia Jane Mills Webb , wife of William Frederick Webb...
 until 1796, when it became part of Napoleon Bonaparte's Cispadane Republic
Cispadane Republic

The Cispadane Republic was a short-lived French client republic located in Northern Italy, founded in 1796 with the protection of the French army, led by Napoleon I of France....
. In 1814 it was restored under the Habsburg grandson of the last Este Duke, continuing until it was annexed by Piedmont-Sardinia
Kingdom of Sardinia

Kingdom of Sardinia, also known as Piedmont-Sardinia or Sardinia-Piedmont, was the name given to the possessions of the House of Savoy in 1720, when the island of Sardinia was awarded by the Treaty of London to Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia to compensate him for the loss of Sicily to Austrian Empire....
 in 1859.








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List of Dukes of Ferrara and of Modena

In 1452 the Italian family of Este
Este

The House of Este is a European princely dynasty. It is split into two branches; the elder is known as the House of Welf-Este or House of Welf, the younger, as the House of Fulc-Este or later simply as the House of Este....
, Lords of Ferrara
Ferrara

Ferrara is a city in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara.It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north....
, were created Dukes of Modena
Modena

Modena is a city and a comune on the south side of the Padan Plain, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.An ancient town, it is the seat of an archbishop, but is now best known as "the capital of engines", since the factories of the famous Italian sports car makers Ferrari, De Tomaso, Lamborghini, Pagani and...
 and Reggio
Reggio Emilia

Reggio Emilia is an affluent city of Northern Italy Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 167,013 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....
, becoming Dukes of Ferrara also in 1471. In 1597, they lost the succession of Ferrara
Ferrara

Ferrara is a city in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara.It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north....
 itself to the Papal States
Papal States

The Papal States, State of the Church or Pontifical States were one of the major historical states of Italy from roughly the 6th century until the Italian peninsula was unified in 1861 by the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia ....
. They continued to rule the Duchy of Modena and Reggio
Duchy of Modena and Reggio

The Duchy of Modena was a small Italy state that existed from 1452 to 1859, with a break between 1796 and 1814. The Duchy was originally created for the Este family, who also ruled Ferrara until 1597....
 in the Emilia
Emilia

Emilia may refer to any of the following:*People** Emilia of Gaeta, duchess of Gaeta** Emilia Rydberg, Ethiopian-Swedish pop singer** Emilia Jane Mills Webb , wife of William Frederick Webb...
 until 1796, when it became part of Napoleon Bonaparte's Cispadane Republic
Cispadane Republic

The Cispadane Republic was a short-lived French client republic located in Northern Italy, founded in 1796 with the protection of the French army, led by Napoleon I of France....
. In 1814 it was restored under the Habsburg grandson of the last Este Duke, continuing until it was annexed by Piedmont-Sardinia
Kingdom of Sardinia

Kingdom of Sardinia, also known as Piedmont-Sardinia or Sardinia-Piedmont, was the name given to the possessions of the House of Savoy in 1720, when the island of Sardinia was awarded by the Treaty of London to Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia to compensate him for the loss of Sicily to Austrian Empire....
 in 1859.

Este Lords of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio

  • Obizzo II d'Este
    Obizzo II d'Este

    Obizzo II d'Este was Marquis of Ferrara and the March of Ancona....
     1264 – 1293
  • Azzo VIII 1293 – 1308
  • Aldobrandino II
    Aldobrandino II d'Este

    Aldobrandino II d'Este was the marquess of Ferrara from 1308 until his death.He was the son of Obizzo II d'Este and Fieschi, the daughter of Pope Adrian V....
     1308 – 1326
  • Obizzo III
    Obizzo III d'Este

    Obizzo III d'Este was the marquess of Ferrara from 1317 until his death.He was the son of Aldobrandino II d'Este and Alda Rangoni.Aldobrandino was lord of Ferrara together with his brother Rinaldo I d'Este and Niccol? I d'Este, and his cousin Folco II, but in the end reigned as sole ruler....
     1317 – 1352
  • Niccolò I 1317 – 1335
  • Aldobrandino III
    Aldobrandino III d'Este

    Aldobrandino III d'Este was the marquess of Ferrara and Modena from 1352 until his death.He was the son of Obizzo III d'Este and Lippa Ariosti....
     1335 – 1361
  • Niccolò II
    Niccolò II d'Este

    Niccol? II d'Este was lord of Ferrara, Modena and Parma from 1361 until his death.He was the son of Obizzo III d'Este, who had ruled in Ferrara from 1317 to 1352....
     1361 – 1388
  • Alberto
    Alberto d'Este

    Alberto d'Este was lord of Ferrara and Modena from 1388 until his death.He was associated in the lordship of the House of Este by his brother Niccol? II d'Este in 1361, becoming the sole ruler of Ferrara and Modena after the latter's death in 1388....
     1388 – 1393
  • Niccolò III
    Niccolò III d'Este

    Niccol? III d'Este was Marquess of Ferrara from 1393 until his death. He was also a condottiero....
     1393 – 1441
  • Leonello
    Leonello d'Este

    Leonello d'Este, also spelled Lionello was marquis of Ferrara and Duke of Modena and Reggio Emilia from 1441 to 1450....
     1441 – 1450


Este Dukes of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio

  • Borso
    Borso d'Este

    Borso d'Este was the first Duke of Ferrara, which he ruled from 1450 until his death. He was a member of the House of Este....
     1450-1471 (Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1452, Duke of Ferrara from 1471)
  • Ercole I
    Ercole d'Este I

    Ercole I d'Este was Duke of Ferrara from 1471 until 1505. He was a member of the house of Este. He was nicknamed North Wind and the Diamond....
     1471-1505
  • Alfonso I 1505-1534
  • Ercole II
    Ercole II d'Este

    Ercole II d'Este was Duke of Ferrara, Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1534 to 1559. He was a member of the house of Este and the eldest son of Alfonso I d'Este and Lucrezia Borgia....
     1534-1559
  • Alfonso II 1559-1597


Este Dukes of Modena and Reggio

  • Cesare
    Cesare d'Este

    Cesare d'Este was Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1597 until his death. During his reign, in 1598, the house of Este lost the Duchy of Ferrara....
     1597-1628 (lost Ferrara in January 1598 and moved the capital to Modena)
  • Alfonso III
    Alfonso III d'Este

    Alfonso III d'Este was List of Dukes of Ferrara and of Modena from 1628 to 1629....
     1628-1629 (died 1644)
  • Francesco I
    Francesco I d'Este

    Francesco I d'Este was Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1644 until his death....
     1629-1658
  • Alfonso IV
    Alfonso IV d'Este

    Alfonso IV d'Este was Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1658 until his death.Born in Modena as the eldest son of Francesco I d'Este, he became Duke of Modena and Reggio after his father's death in 1658....
     1658-1662
  • Francesco II
    Francesco II d'Este

    Francesco II d'Este was Duke of Modena from 1662 to 1694.He was born in Modena to Alfonso IV d'Este, duke of Modena, and Laura Martinozzi, niece of Cardinal Mazarin....
     1662-1694
  • Rainaldo III
    Rinaldo d'Este

    Rinaldo d'Este was Duke of Modena from 1695 until his death....
     1694-1737
  • Francesco III
    Francesco III d'Este

    Francesco III d'Este was Duke of Duchy of Modena and Duchy of Reggio from 1737 until his death. He was the son of Rinaldo III, Duke of Modena, and Charlotte Felicitas of Duchy of Brunswick-L?neburg....
     1737-1780
  • Ercole III 1780-1796 (d.1803)


Habsburg – Este Dukes of Modena and Reggio, 1814-1860

(from 1815 also Duke of Mirandola and from 1829 Duke of Massa and Prince of Carrara)
  • Francesco IV
    Francis IV, Duke of Modena

    Francis IV Joseph Charles Ambrose Stanislaus was Duke of Duchy of Modena, Reggio Emilia, and Mirandola , Duke of Massa di Carrara and Prince of Carrara , Archduke of Austria-Este, Royal Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece....
     1814-1846
  • Francesco V
    Francis V, Duke of Modena

    Francis V of Modena , was Duke of Modena from 1846 to 1875. He was the eldest son of Francis IV of Modena and of Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy....
     1846-1859 (d.1875)


Habsburg – Este Dukes of Modena and Reggio, post monarchy

  • Francis V
    Francis V, Duke of Modena

    Francis V of Modena , was Duke of Modena from 1846 to 1875. He was the eldest son of Francis IV of Modena and of Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy....
     (1859-1875)
  • Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este
    Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

    Franz Ferdinand was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Prince Imperial of Austria and Royal Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, and from 1889 until his death, heir presumptive to the Austria-Hungary throne....
     (1875-1914)
  • Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este
    Karl I of Austria

    Charles I was the last ruler of the Austria-Hungary. He was the last Emperor of Austria, the last Kingdom of Hungary, the last Croatia-Slavonia, and the last Kingdom of Bohemia , and the last monarch of the Habsburg dynasty....
     (1914-1917)
  • Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este
    Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este

    Archduke Robert Karl Ludwig Maximilian Michael Maria Anton Franz Ferdinand Joseph Otto Hubert Georg Pius Johannes Marcus d'Aviano of Austria-Este , Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia was born as the second son of Karl I of Austria and Zita of Bourbon-Parma....
     (1917-1996)
  • Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este
    Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este

    Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este is a member of the Belgian Royal Family and since 1996 head of the Modenese ducal family. He claims to be the Duke of Modena and Archduke of Austria-Este, as well as a Prince Imperial of Austria and a Prince Royal of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia....
     (1996-Present)