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The House of Este (UK: / ˈ ɛ s t i / EST-ee, [7] US: / ˈ ɛ s t eɪ / EST-ay, [8] [9] Italian:) is a European dynasty of North Italian origin whose members ruled parts of Italy and Germany for many centuries. The original House of Este's elder branch, which is known as the House of Welf, included dukes of Bavaria and of Brunswick.
Ercole II d'Este (4 April 1508 – 3 October 1559) was Duke of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio from 1534 to 1559. [1] He was the eldest son of Alfonso I d'Este and Lucrezia Borgia . Biography
Left no descendants. After his death the original possessions of the family (marquisate of Este) were annexed to Ferrara. The Marquisate of Este was definitively annexed to Modena-Ferrara-Reggio: Borso: 24 August 1413 Ferrara Bastard son of Niccolò III and Stella de' Tolomei: 1 October 1450 – 1452 18 May 1471 aged 57: Lordship of Ferrara
The Duchy of Ferrara (Latin: Ducatus Ferrariensis; Italian: Ducato di Ferrara; Emilian: Ducà ad Frara) was a state in what is now northern Italy. It consisted of about 1,100 km 2 south of the lower Po River , stretching to the valley of the lower Reno River , including the city of Ferrara .
The younger Fulco I, Margrave of Milan founded the important North Italian House of Este ruling in the Duchy of Ferrara and the Duchy of Modena and Reggio that went extinct in 1829; the older Welf I, Duke of Bavaria founded the German Younger House of Welf after inheriting the lands with his maternal uncle Welf III, the last of the Elder Welfs.
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The Duchy of Modena and Reggio (1452−1859) — located in the Emilia-Romagna region of the northern Italian Peninsula. It was ruled by the House of Este for most of its existence, and by Austria-Este after 1814.
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