Person
Borso d'Este
Borso d'Este was lord of Ferrara from 1450. Emperor Frederick III made him Duke of Modena and Reggio in 1452, and Pope Paul II made him Duke of Ferrara in 1471, shortly before his death. A lavish patron, he commissioned the illuminated Bible of Borso d'Este and the frescoes of the Palazzo Schifanoia.
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