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Ercole I d'Este

1431–1505 · 15th century · Also known as Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara

Ercole I d'Este was Duke of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio from 1471 to 1505. A patron of the poet Boiardo, of music and of theatre, he commissioned the Addizione Erculea, a planned extension of Ferrara. In the War of Ferrara against Venice from 1482 to 1484 he lost the Polesine. His daughters Isabella and Beatrice married into the Gonzaga and Sforza families.

Ercole I d'Este
Image: Dosso Dossi / After Ercole de' Roberti · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Duchy of Ferrara

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