List of Dukes of Ferrara and of Modena
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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 historically rendered in English, Guelf or Guelph...

, Lords of Ferrara
Ferrara
Ferrara is a city and comune 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 comune on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....

 and Reggio
Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia is an affluent city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 170,000 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 and comune 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 State, State of the Church, or Pontifical States were among 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 .The Papal States comprised territories under...

. They continued to rule the Duchy of Modena and Reggio
Duchy of Modena and Reggio
The Duchy of Modena and Reggio |Italian]] state that existed from 1452 to 1859, with a break between 1796 and 1814. It was ruled by the noble House of Este, from 1814 Austria-Este.-House of Este:...

in the Emilia
Emilia (region of Italy)
Emilia is a historical region of northern Italy which approximately corresponds to the western and north-eastern portions of today’s Emilia-Romagna region...

 until 1796, when it became part of Napoleon Bonaparte's Cispadane Republic
Cispadane Republic
The Cispadane Republic was a short-lived republic located in Northern Italy, founded in 1796 with the protection of the French army, led by Napoleon Bonaparte. In the following year, it was merged into the Cisalpine Republic....

. 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
The Kingdom of Sardinia consisted of the island of Sardinia first as a part of the Crown of Aragon and subsequently the Spanish Empire , and second as a part of the composite state of the House of Savoy . Its capital was originally Cagliari, in the south of the island, and later Turin, on the...

 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.-Biography:He was a bastard, the fruit of an illegitimate relation of Rinaldo I d'Este - the only son and heir of the Margrave Azzo VII d'Este - with a Neapolitan laundress...

     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 Jacopina Fieschi, the niece of Pope Adrian V. Aldobrandino became lord of Ferrara at the death of his elder brother Azzo VIII, and renounced to the rights to Modena and Reggio....

     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....

     1317–1352
  • Niccolò I 1317–1335
  • Aldobrandino III
    Aldobrandino III d'Este
    Aldobrandino III d'Este was the Lord of Ferrara and Modena from 1352 until his death, in 1361.He was the son of Obizzo III d'Este and Lippa Ariosti....

     1335–1361
  • Niccolò II
    Niccolò II d'Este
    Niccolò II d'Este was lord of Ferrara, Modena and Parma from 1361 until his death.He was the son of Obizzo III, 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 Niccolò 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
    Niccolò III d'Este was Marquess of Ferrara from 1393 until his death. He was also a condottiero.-Biography:...

     1393–1441
  • Leonello
    Leonello d'Este
    thumb|220px|Leonello D'Este portrayed by Pisanello.Leonello d'Este was marquis of Ferrara and Duke of Modena and Reggio Emilia from 1441 to 1450.-Biography:...

     1441–1450

Este Dukes of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio

  • Borso
    Borso d'Este
    thumb|Borso d'Este, attributed to [[Vicino da Ferrara]], [[Pinacoteca]] of the [[Castello Sforzesco|Sforza Castle]] in [[Milan]], [[Italy]].Borso d'Este was the first Duke of Ferrara, which he ruled from 1450 until his death...

     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.-Biography:...

     1471-1505
  • Alfonso I 1505-1534
  • Ercole II
    Ercole II d'Este
    Ercole II d'Este was Duke of Ferrara, 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.-Biography:...

     1597-1628 (lost Ferrara in January 1598 and moved the capital to Modena)
  • Alfonso III
    Alfonso III d'Este
    Alfonso III d'Este was Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1628 to 1629. He was the husband of Princess Isabella of Savoy, daughter of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy and his wife Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain.- Biography :...

     1628-1629 (died 1644)
  • Francesco I
    Francesco I d'Este
    Francesco I d'Este was Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1629 until his death. The eldest son of Alfonso III d'Este, he became reigning duke after his father's abdication.-Biography:...

     1629-1658
  • Alfonso IV
    Alfonso IV d'Este
    Alfonso IV d'Este was Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1658 until his death. He was the father of Mary of Modena, consort of James II of England.-Biography:...

     1658-1662
  • Francesco II
    Francesco II d'Este
    Francesco II d'Este was Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1662 to 1694.He was born in Modena to Alfonso IV d'Este, duke of Modena, and Laura Martinozzi, niece of Cardinal Mazarin. His sister, Mary of Modena, married the future James II of England in 1673 and became queen of England in 1685.He became...

     1662-1694
  • Rainaldo III 1694-1737
  • Francesco III
    Francesco III d'Este
    Francesco III was Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1737 until his death.-Biography:He was born in Modena, the son of Rinaldo d'Este, Duke of Modena, and Charlotte of Brunswick-Lüneburg....

     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 Modena, Reggio, and Mirandola , Duke of Massa 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
    Francesco Ferdinando Geminiano von Habsburg-Lothringen, known as Francis V of Modena , Archduke of Austria-Este, Royal Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, was Duke of Modena, Reggio, and Mirandola, Duke of Guastalla , Duke of Massa and Prince of Carrara from 1846 to 1859...

     1846-1859 (d. 1875)

Habsburg – Este Dukes of Modena and Reggio, post monarchy

  • Francis V
    Francis V, Duke of Modena
    Francesco Ferdinando Geminiano von Habsburg-Lothringen, known as Francis V of Modena , Archduke of Austria-Este, Royal Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, was Duke of Modena, Reggio, and Mirandola, Duke of Guastalla , Duke of Massa and Prince of Carrara from 1846 to 1859...

     (1859–1875)
  • Francis Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este
    Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
    Franz Ferdinand was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia, and from 1889 until his death, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne. His assassination in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia...

     (1875–1914)
  • Charles, Archduke of Austria-Este (1914–1917)
  • Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este
    Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este
    Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary, Bohemia and Croatia , was born as the second son of Karl I, last Emperor of Austria-Hungary, and Zita of Bourbon-Parma.-Archduke of Austria-Este:On 16 April 1917, at the age of two, Robert was created Archduke of...

     (1917–1996)
  • Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este (1996–Present)
  • Heir : Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este

See also

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