Ferrante d'Este
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Ferrante d'Este was a Ferrarese nobleman and condottiero. He was the son of Ercole I d'Este and Eleonora d'Aragona - he was named after his mother's father Ferdinand I of Naples. His five siblings wer
Miniature by Ferrante d'Este from the Historia Ferrariae by Pellegrino Prisciani, book VII (in ASMo, library manuscripts, 131, c. 2v). It would seem from this that his hair tended to blond, as it did for his brother Sigismund and many of his paternal uncles.
The Este siblings' medals: Isabella, Beatrice, Alfonso, and Ippolito.
Isabella d'Este
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Isabella d'Este was the Marchioness of Mantua and one of the leading women of the Italian Renaissance as a major cultural and political figure.
Portrait of Isabella d'Este by Leonardo da Vinci (c. 1499–1500)
Ambras Miniature of Isabella, anonymous artist (16th century)
Isabella's husband, Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua
Maiolica plate from Urbino with the arms of Isabella and her late husband, c. 1524 (Victoria and Albert Museum)