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House of Este, 1187-1264

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Sophia da Landinara
- - - 1187
granted title
25 December 1193
husband's accession
- Obizzo I
Sophie of Maurienne
Umberto III, Count of Savoy
(Savoy
House of Savoy
The House of Savoy was formed in the early 11th century in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, it grew from ruling a small county in that region to eventually rule the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 until the end of World War II, king of Croatia and King of Armenia...

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1167/72 before 1192 25 December 1193
husband's accession
3 December 1202 Azzo VI
Azzo VI of Este
Azzo VI , known as Azzolino, was the Marquis of Este from the death of his father, Azzo V, in 1190 until his death...

Alix of Châtillon
Raynald of Châtillon
Raynald of Chatillon
Raynald of Châtillon was a knight who served in the Second Crusade and remained in the Holy Land after its defeat...


(Châtillon
House of Châtillon
The House of Châtillon was a notable French family, with origins in the 9th century and surviving until 1762. The name comes from a county in Champagne, with its capital in Châtillon-sur-Marne and branches in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, Blois, Penthièvre, Chartres, etc.The counts of Châtillon added to...

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- 22 February 1204 November 1212
husband's death
1235, or after
Mabilla Pallavicini
Guido Pallavicini, Marquis of Boudonitza
(Pallavicini)
- 1238 1240
reconquest of Ferrara
17 February 1264
husband's accession
February 1264 Azzo VII

House of Este, 1264-1471

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Giacomina Fieschi
Niccolo Fieschi di Lavagna
(Fieschi
Fieschi family
The Fieschi were a noble merchant family from Genoa, Italy, from whom descend the Fieschi Ravaschieri Princes of Belmonte.They held the fief of Lavagna under the Holy Roman Emperors. As Counts of Lavagna the Fieschi represented the Emperor of the West in Liguria from the earliest years of the C11th...

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- 1263 17 February 1264
husband's accession
December 1287 Obizzo II
Constanza della Scala
Alberto I della Scala, Lord of Verona
(Scaliger)
- 28 July 1289 20 February 1293
husband's death
after 27 April 1306
Giovanna Orsini
Bertoldo Orsini
(Orsini
Orsini family
Orsini: the origin of learning.We love Mrs. Orsini forever! ~8F Social Studies 2011The Orsini family is an Italian noble family; it was one of the most influential princely families in medieval Italy and renaissance Rome...

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- 1282 20 February 1293
husband's accession
1302/04 Azzo VIII
Beatrice of Anjou
Charles II of Naples
Charles II of Naples
Charles II, known as "the Lame" was King of Naples, King of Albania, Prince of Salerno, Prince of Achaea and Count of Anjou.-Biography:...


(Anjou
Capetian House of Anjou
The Capetian House of Anjou, also known as the House of Anjou-Sicily and House of Anjou-Naples, was a royal house and cadet branch of the direct House of Capet. Founded by Charles I of Sicily, a son of Louis VIII of France, the Capetian king first ruled the Kingdom of Sicily during the 13th century...

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1295 April 1305 31 January 1308
husband's death
1335
Alda Rangoni
Tobia Rangoni
(Rangoni)
- 1289 20 February 1293
husband's accession
September 1321 Aldobrandino II
Orsina Orsini
Bertoldo Orsini
(Orsini
Orsini family
Orsini: the origin of learning.We love Mrs. Orsini forever! ~8F Social Studies 2011The Orsini family is an Italian noble family; it was one of the most influential princely families in medieval Italy and renaissance Rome...

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- - 23 August 1312
husband's accession
20 February 1293
husband's death
- Francesco
Image needing translation Gigliola da Carrara
Gigliola da Carrara
Gigliola da Carrara was the Marchioness of Ferrara, daughter of Francesco Novello da Carrara, lord of Padua, son of Francesco I da Carrara and Taddea d'Este....


Francesco II da Carrara, Lord of Padua
(Carraresi
Carraresi family
The Carraresi were an important family of northern Italy in the period 12th-15th centuries. As signori of Padua, their overwhelming power and patronage placed them in an isolated position far outshining any other single family...

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1379/82 June 1397 1416 Niccolò III
Image needing translation Parisina Malatesta
Parisina Malatesta
Parisina Malatesta who was known as Laura Malatesta , daughter of Andrea Malatesta, lord of Cesena, and his second wife Lucrezia Ordelaffi.-Biography:...


Andrea Malatesta, Lord of Cesena
Andrea Malatesta
Andrea Malatesta was an Italian condottiero, a member of the Malatesta family of Romagna. He is also known as Malatesta da Cesena, a city he had inherited in 1385 from his father, Galeotto, together with Cervia and Bertinoro...


(Malatesta
House of Malatesta
The House of Malatesta was an Italian family that ruled over Rimini from 1295 until 1500, as well as other lands and towns in Romagna.Malatesta da Verucchio The House of Malatesta was an Italian family that ruled over Rimini from 1295 until 1500, as well as (in different periods) other lands and...

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1404 1418 21 May 1425
Image needing translation Ricciarda of Saluzzo
Thomas III, Margrave of Saluzzo
Thomas III of Saluzzo
-Biography:He was born in Saluzzo in north-western Italy to Frederick II del Vasto and Beatrice of Geneva. His maternal grandfather was Hugh of Geneva, Lord of Gex, Anthon and Varey....


(Aleramici)
1410 1429/31 26 December 1441
husband's death
16 August 1474
Image needing translation Margherita Gonzaga
Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua
Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua
thumb|right|Portrait of Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga, Ambras castle collection, [[Innsbruck]], [[Austria]].Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga was Marquess of Mantua from 1407 to 1444. He was also a condottiero.-Biography:...


(Gonzaga
House of Gonzaga
The Gonzaga family ruled Mantua in Northern Italy from 1328 to 1708.-History:In 1433, Gianfrancesco I assumed the title of Marquis of Mantua, and in 1530 Federico II received the title of Duke of Mantua. In 1531, the family acquired the Duchy of Monferrato through marriage...

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1418 January 1435 26 December 1441
husband's accession
3 July 1439 Leonello d'Este
Image needing translation Maria of Aragon
Alfonso V of Aragon
Alfonso V of Aragon
Alfonso the Magnanimous KG was the King of Aragon , Valencia , Majorca, Sardinia and Corsica , and Sicily and Count of Barcelona from 1416 and King of Naples from 1442 until his death...


(Trastámara)
1425 13 April/20 May 1444 9 December 1449

House of Este, 1471-1796

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse
Leonora of Naples
Leonora of Naples
Eleanor of Naples was, by marriage, the first Duchess of Ferrara....


Ferdinand I of Naples
Ferdinand I of Naples
Ferdinand I , also called Don Ferrante, was the King of Naples from 1458 to 1494. He was the natural son of Alfonso V of Aragon by Giraldona Carlino.-Biography:...


(Trastámara)
22 June 1450 3 July 1473 11 October 1493 Ercole I
Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia [luˈkrɛtsia ˈbɔrʤa] was the illegitimate daughter of Rodrigo Borgia, the powerful Renaissance Valencian who later became Pope Alexander VI, and Vannozza dei Cattanei. Her brothers included Cesare Borgia, Giovanni Borgia, and Gioffre Borgia...


Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI
Pope Alexander VI
Pope Alexander VI , born Roderic Llançol i Borja was Pope from 1492 until his death on 18 August 1503. He is one of the most controversial of the Renaissance popes, and his Italianized surname—Borgia—became a byword for the debased standards of the Papacy of that era, most notoriously the Banquet...


(Borgia)
18 April 1480 2 February 1502 15 June 1505
husband's accession
24 June 1519 Alfonso I
Laura Eustachia Dianti
Francesco Boccacci Dianti
(Dianti)
1480 after 1519 31 October 1534
husband's death
25 June 1573
Renée of France
Renée of France
Renée de France was the younger daughter of Louis XII of France and Anne, Duchess of Brittany. Her elder sister was Queen Claude of France. She was the Duchess of Ferrara due to her marriage to Ercole II d'Este, grandson of Pope Alexander VI...


Louis XII of France
Louis XII of France
Louis proved to be a popular king. At the end of his reign the crown deficit was no greater than it had been when he succeeded Charles VIII in 1498, despite several expensive military campaigns in Italy. His fiscal reforms of 1504 and 1508 tightened and improved procedures for the collection of taxes...


(Valois-Orléans)
25 October 1510 28 June 1528 31 October 1534
husband's accession
3 October 1559
husband's death
12 June 1575 Ercole II
Lucrezia de' Medici
Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Cosimo I de' Medici was Duke of Florence from 1537 to 1574, reigning as the first Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1569.-Biography:...


(Medici)
7 June 1545 3 July 1558 3 October 1559
husband's accession
21 April 1562 Alfonso II
Barbara of Austria
Barbara of Austria
Barbara of Austria was born in Vienna to Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary...


Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand I was Holy Roman Emperor from 1558 and king of Bohemia and Hungary from 1526 until his death. Before his accession, he ruled the Austrian hereditary lands of the Habsburgs in the name of his elder brother, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.The key events during his reign were the contest...


(Habsburg)
30 April 1539 5 December 1565 19 September 1572
Image needing translation Margherita Gonzaga
Margherita Gonzaga d'Este
Margherita Gonzaga d'Este, Duchess of Ferrara was an Italian noblewoman, the daughter of William I, Duke of Mantua and Eleonora of Austria, and the sister of Vincent I, Duke of Mantua and Anna Caterina Gonzaga. She was the wife of Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara and Modena, whom she married...


Guglielmo X Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
(Gonzaga
House of Gonzaga
The Gonzaga family ruled Mantua in Northern Italy from 1328 to 1708.-History:In 1433, Gianfrancesco I assumed the title of Marquis of Mantua, and in 1530 Federico II received the title of Duke of Mantua. In 1531, the family acquired the Duchy of Monferrato through marriage...

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27 May 1564 24 February 1579 27 October 1597
husband's death
6 January 1618
Virginia de' Medici
Virginia de' Medici
Virginia de' Medici was an illegitimate daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Camilla Martelli. She was the Duchess of Modena and Reggio by marriage to Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena.-Biography:...


Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Cosimo I de' Medici was Duke of Florence from 1537 to 1574, reigning as the first Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1569.-Biography:...


(Medici)
29 May 1568 6 February 1586 27 October 1597
husband's accession
1598
Duchy confisicated by the Papal State
15 January 1615 Cesare

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