Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara
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| Ercole II d'Este | ||
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| Portrait by Niccolò dell'Abbate | ||
Duke of Modena and Reggio | ||
| Reign | 31 October 1534 - 3 October 1559 | |
| Predecessor | Alfonso I d’Este | |
| Successor | Alfonso II d'Este | |
| Born | 5 April 1508 Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara | |
| Died | 3 October 1559 (aged 51) Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara | |
| Spouse | Renée of France (m 1528) | |
| Issue | Anna, Duchess of Guise Alfonso II, Duke of Ferrara Lucrezia d'Este Eleonora d'Este Luigi d'Este | |
| Full name | ||
| Ercole d'Este | ||
| House | House of Este | |
| Father | Alfonso I d'Este | |
| Mother | Lucrezia Borgia | |
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Ercole II d'Este (5 April 1508 – 3 October 1559) was Duke of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio from 1534 to 1559. He was the eldest son of Alfonso I d'Este and Lucrezia Borgia.
Marriage[edit]
On 28 June 1528 he married Renée of France, daughter of Louis XII of France an sister of the future Queen Claude of France.
Issue[edit]
- Anna d'Este (16 November 1531 – 1607) married, Francis, Duke of Guise before marrying Jacques, Duke of Nemours
- Alfonso II, Duke of Ferrara (22 November 1533 – 1597)
- Lucrezia Maria d'Este 16 December 1535 – 1598) married Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino.
- Eleonora d'Este (1537-1581)
- Luigi d'Este, 21 December 1538 – 1586) Bishop of Ferrara and Archbishop of Auch.