Ercole II d'Este
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Ercole II d'Este was Duke of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio from 1534 to 1559. He was the eldest son of Alfonso I d'Este and Lucrezia Borgia.
Portrait by Niccolò dell'Abbate
Anna d'Este
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Anna d'Este was an important princess with considerable influence at the court of France and a central figure in the French Wars of Religion. In her first marriage, she was Duchess of Aumale, then of
Ercole II d'Este
…which the cultivation of science and art implicitly required, including scholars like Bernardo Tasso and Fulvio Pellegrini Morato. Their first child, Anna, born in 1531, who was married to Francis, Duke of Guise, was followed by Alfonso in 1533; Lucrezia in 1535, who was married to the Duke of Urbino…
Portrait by an unknown artist, 2nd half of the 16th century, oil on wood. Versailles, Musée du Château
Renée of France, Anna d'Este's mother
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
Jacques of Savoy, Anna's second husband