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"Alfonso D'Este, Duke of Ferrara" by Titian Lithograph Print Circa 1937

Son of Ercole II d'Este and his wife Renée of France (daughter of Louis XII of France); married Lucrezia de' Medici, daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici (q.v.), in 1558; she died in 1560 and in 1565 he married Barbara of Austria, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I; after her death in 1572 he married, in 1597, her niece Margherita.


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Thanks to Art UK Volunteer the late Alistair Brown, the sitter was identified as not Sir Thomas Gresham, but Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. It seems most likely that this work is a copy, possibly English, of an Italian portrait of Alfonso. It relates to a portrait attributed to an Italian (Ferrarese) painter, in the Metropolitan Museum.


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On January 31, 1502, her new husband surprised her at Bentivoglio. It was an incredibly romantic gesture on Alfonso's part, who had apparently been "unwilling" to marry the young woman, and Lucrezia must have been charmed by the gesture. Portrait of Alfonso d'Este by Titian, done between 1530 and 1534.


Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara halflength to right, wearing ruff

Alfonso II d'Este. Son of Ercole II and Renée of France, Alfonso II was the fifth and last Duke of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, from 1559 to 1597. Brought up according to the careful, refined literary and chivalrous educational and cultural traditions, the life of Alfonso II d'Este was characterised by the pursuit of honours and titles.


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In 1558, Lucrezia wed Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. It was a marriage of political convenience. Lucrezia was 13 years old. Less than three years later, she was dead. The young duchess died.


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Alfonso d'Este as Knight of the Order of Saint Michael, by Dosso Dossi. Lucrezia Borgia, 1512. He was the son of Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara and Eleanor of Naples and became duke on Ercole's death in January 1505. In the first year of his rule he uncovered a plot by his brother Ferrante and half-brother Giulio d'Este, directed against him.


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Biography. Alfonso was the elder son of Ercole II d'Este and Renée de France, the daughter of Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany and was the fifth and last Duke of Ferrara.. As a young man, Alfonso fought in the service of Henry II of France against the Habsburgs.Soon after his accession, he was forced by Pope Pius IV to send his mother back to France due to her increasingly Calvinist.


Duke Alfonso d'Este, Dosso Dossi, c.1530. Brother of Isabella d'Este

Alfonso II d'Este (November 22, 1533 October 27, 1597) was duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597. He was a member of the house of Este. He was the elder son of Ercole II d'Este and Renée de France, the daughter of Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany. As a young man, he fought in the service of Henry II of France, fighting against the Habsburgs.


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Quick Reference. (1533-97), Duke of Ferrara, the elder son of Duke Ercole II d' Este and Renée of France. He lived in France at the court of King Henri II from 1551. From: Este, Alfonso II d' in The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance ». Subjects: History — Early Modern History (1500 to 1700)


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17th Portrait of Alfonso II of Este Duke Ferrara Modena Reggio Alfonso

Alfonso II d'Este (22 November 1533 - 27 October 1597) was Duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597. He was a member of the House of Este.


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In house of Este: Ercole II and Alfonso II..to rule was his first-born, Alfonso II (reigned 1559-97), the fifth and last duke of Ferrara. He also tried, vainly, to be elected king of Poland and to organize a crusade against the Turks. More important for the dynasty, however; was the fact that, though Alfonso II had three marriages,….


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Alfonso I, (born July 21, 1476, Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara—died Oct. 31, 1534, Ferrara), duke of Ferrara from 1505, a noted Renaissance prince of the House of Este, an engineer and patron of the arts. Alfonso succeeded to the duchy at the death of his father, Ercole I. He employed the poet Ludovico Ariosto and the painters Titian and Giovanni.


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Alfonso II. d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Reggio and Modena. He was married three times: His first wife was Lucrezia de´Medici (1545-1561), his second wife was Barbara von Österreich (1539-1572) and his third wife was Margherita Gonzaga (1564-1618). He had no children from all three wives.