Alfonso II d'Este, Duke o Ferrara
Alfonso II d'Este | |
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Duke o Ferrara, Modena, an Reggio | |
Alfonso II d'Este bi Girolamo da Carpi. | |
Full name
Alfonso d'Este | |
Born | 22 November 1533 Ferrara |
Dee'd | 27 October 1597 Ferrara | (aged 63)
Nobility | este |
Spoose(s) | Lucrezia de' Medici Barbara o Austrick Margherita Gonzaga |
Faither | Duke Ercole II d'Este o Ferrara |
Mither | Renée o Fraunce |
Releegion | Roman Catholicism |
Alfonso II d'Este, Duke o Ferrara (24 November 1533 – 27 October 1597) wis Duke o Ferrara frae 1559 tae 1597. He wis a member o the Hoose o Este. He haed nae childer an the duchie o Modena, Ferrara an Reggio went tae his second cousin Cesare d'Este.
First mairiage
[eedit | eedit soorce]On 3 Julie 1558, Alfonso mairit Lucrezia de' Medici, a dochter o Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke o Tuscany an Eleonora di Toledo. She died twa years afterwards; poisoning has been suspected, although it is noo thocht that she died o tuberculosis.
Seicont mairiage
[eedit | eedit soorce]On 5 December 1565, Alfonso mairit Airchduchess Barbara o Austrick, eighth dochter o Ferdinand I, Haly Roman Emperor an Anna o Bohemie an Hungary.
Third mairiage
[eedit | eedit soorce]On 24 Februar 1579, Alfonso mairit Margherita Gonzaga the eldest dochter o William I, Duke o Mantua an Eleonore o Austrick. Margherita wis the niece o his second wife Barbara.
Ither wabsteids
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