Alfonso I d'Este
Alfonso d'Este | |
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Leonora d'Este Francesco d'Este, Marchese di Massalombarda Alfonso d'Este, Lord of Montecchio (illegitimate, father of Cesare d'Este) | |
House | Este |
Father | Ercole I d'Este |
Mother | Eleanor of Naples |
Alfonso d'Este (21 July 1476 – 31 October 1534) was
Biography
He was the son of
In the
In 1526–1527 Alfonso participated in the expedition of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and king of Spain, against Pope Clement VII, and in 1530 the pope again recognized him as possessor of the forfeited duchies of Modena and Reggio.
Marriages and issue
In January 1491, Alfonso was married to Anna Maria Sforza, the niece of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan. In the same ceremony, Ludovico was married to Alfonso's younger sister, Beatrice d'Este, in a double wedding orchestrated by Leonardo da Vinci.
Politically, the wedding was designed to cement ties between the two families. Anna Sforza's death, on 30 November 1497, marked the end of those ties, as Beatrice d'Este had died in January of that same year.
Alfonso later remarried, to Lucrezia Borgia, in 1501. Their children were:
- A stillborn daughter (1502);
- Alessandro d'Este (1505–1505);
- Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara(5 April 1508 – 3 October 1559);
- Ippolito II d'Este (25 August 1509 – 1 December 1572). Archbishop of Milan and later Cardinal;
- Alessandro d'Este (1514–1516);
- Leonora d'Este(3 July 1515 – 15 July 1575), a nun and composer;
- Francesco d'Este, Marquess of Massalombarda (1 November 1516 – 2 February 1578);
- Isabella Maria d'Este (born and died on 14 June 1519).[6]
After Lucrezia's death on 24 June 1519, he married Laura Dianti by whom he had had two illegitimate sons (later legitimized), Alfonso and Alfonsino d'Este.
Art
Like his brother
Titian is known to have painted two portraits of Alfonso: the first was widely acclaimed, singled out by
Alfonso inherited from Cardinal d'Este the poet
History
When Alfonso's grandson Alfonso II d'Este—Robert Browning's duke of "My Last Duchess"[9]—produced no male heir, the main d'Este line died out. A grandson of Alfonso I and cousin of Alfonso II, Cesare d'Este had been born out of wedlock. He was recognized by the Emperor but not by the Pope, who took the Duchy of Ferrara by force. Nevertheless, the House of Este continued in Modena and Reggio.
Ancestors
8. Tristan, Count of Copertino | |||||||||||||
7. Isabella of Clermont | |||||||||||||
15. Caterina del Balzo Orsini | |||||||||||||
See also
Notes
- ^ The marriage between Alfonso I and Laura Dianti probably took place shortly before the Duke's death in 1534.[1] The historian Muratori tried to prove that the marriage had taken place, collecting a considerable amount of documentation,[2] but there does not seem to be any official document of a marriage that actually took place. Even in the absence of absolute documentary proof, "there can be no doubts about the public, official nature of the union".[2]
References
- ^ Bertoni, Luisa. "ESTE, Alfonso d' | Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 43 (1993)". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved June 26, 2023.
- ^ a b Pellizzer Sonia. "DIANTI, Laura | Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 39 (1991)". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved June 26, 2023.
- ^ "House of Este | Italian Renaissance, Politics & Art | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ISBN 978-0226554037.
- ISBN 978-0582057586.
- ISBN 9783954554195.
- ^ "Reconstructing the Duke's private gallery". www.webexhibits.org.
- ^ Bryson Burroughs, "The Portrait of Alfonso d'Este by Titian" The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 22.4 (April 1927), pp. 97–101.
- ^ "Browning's Portrait of a Renaissance Man: Alphonso II D' este, Duke of Ferrara, in "My Last Duchess" (1842)". Archived from the original on 2005-09-29. Retrieved 2005-07-06.
Bibliography
- Taylor, Frederick Lewis (1973). The Art of War in Italy, 1494–1529. Westport: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-8371-5025-6.
- Prignano, Gaia (2020). "Music Theories and Identity Issues: Depicting Canons chez Alfonso I d'Este". Music in Art: International Journal for Music Iconography. 45 (1–2): 53–71. ISSN 1522-7464.
External links
Media related to Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara at Wikimedia Commons
- Dosso Dossi: Court Painter in Renaissance Ferrara, a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- "Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara"
- "Reconstructing the Duke's private gallery"