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Alfonso I d'Este
Sign in to saveAlso known as Alfonso d'Este, Alfonso D'Este, Alfonso I, 3rd Duke of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio Alfonso I d'Este, Alfonso I d' Este, Duca d’Este Alfonso I, Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Duke of Ferrara Alfonso I d’Este
Duke of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (1476–1534)
Key facts
- Reign
- 25 January 1505 – 31 October 1534
- Predecessor
- Ercole I d’Este
- Successor
- Ercole II d'Este
- Born
- 21 July 1476, Ferrara , Duchy of Ferrara
- Died
- 31 October 1534 (1534-10-31) (aged 58), Ferrara , Duchy of Ferrara
- Spouse
- Anna Sforza , (m. 1491; died 1497), Lucrezia Borgia , (m. 1501; died 1519), Laura Dianti , (m. 1534)
- Issue detail
- Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara , Ippolito II d'Este , Leonora d'Este , Francesco d'Este, Marchese di Massalombarda , Alfonso d'Este, Lord of Montecchio (illegitimate, father of Cesare d'Este )
- House
- Este
- Father
- Ercole I d'Este
- Mother
- Eleanor of Naples
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alfonso
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Duchy of Milan
- Place of birth
- Ferrara
- Place of death
- Ferrara
- Spouse
- Laura Dianti
- Father
- Ercole I d'Este
- Sibling
- Ferrante d'Este
- Occupation
- military leader
- Position held
- Duke of Ferrara and of Modena
- Family
- House of Este
- Noble title
- duke
- Image
- Bemberg Fondation Toulouse - Portrait d'Alphonse dEste - Titien Inv.1053.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1476-07-21
- date of death
- 1534-10-31
- Commons category
- Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara
- place of burial
- Corpus Domini Monastery
- has works in the collection
- Victoria and Albert Museum
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Encyclopedic overview
Alfonso I d'Este (21 July 1476 – 31 October 1534) was Duke of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio from 1505 until his death in 1534. A prominent military leader during the Italian Wars, he served on various sides throughout the conflict.
Alfonso was considered one of the most capable Italian generals of his age, who also owned the finest weapons factory of the peninsula. Renowned for his innovations in the use of artillery, he earned the nickname Duca Artigliere ("Artilleryman Duke").
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alfonso I d'Este” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.