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Alfonso d'Este (21 July 1476 – 31 October 1534) was Duke of Ferrara during the time of the War of the League of Cambrai . Biography. Alfonso d'Este as Knight of the Order of Saint Michael, by Dosso Dossi. Lucrezia Borgia, 1512.
Alfonso I (born July 21, 1476, Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara—died Oct. 31, 1534, Ferrara) was the duke of Ferrara from 1505, a noted Renaissance prince of the House of Este, an engineer and patron of the arts. Alfonso succeeded to the duchy at the death of his father, Ercole I.
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Oct 17, 2022 · In 1558, Lucrezia wed Alfonso II d’Este, Duke of Ferrara. It was a marriage of political convenience. Lucrezia was 13 years old. Less than three years later, she was dead. The young...
Alfonso II d'Este (22 November 1533 – 27 October 1597) was Duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597. He was a member of the House of Este . Biography. Alfonso was the elder son of Ercole II d'Este and Renée de France, the daughter of Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany and was the fifth and last Duke of Ferrara. [1]
Next to rule was his first-born, Alfonso II (reigned 1559–97), the fifth and last duke of Ferrara. He also tried, vainly, to be elected king of Poland and to organize a crusade against the Turks.
Alfònso I d'Este was duke of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio. He was born in Ferrara on 21 July 1476, to Ercole I and Eleanor of Naples, the first-born male after Isabella and Beatrice, who would be followed by Ferrante, Ippolito and Sigismondo.
Mar 14, 2012 · Around 1525, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio, ca. 1488–1576) painted the likeness of Alfonso I d'Este of Ferrara (1475–1534). The duke, attired in stunning furs, brocades, and jewels rests his arm on one of his famous cannons.
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