Ercole III d'Este

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Ercole III d'Este
Francesco III d'Este
SuccessorPosition abolished until 1814
Francis IV, Duke of Modena
(House of Habsburg-Este)
Born(1727-11-22)22 November 1727
Ducal Palace, Duchy of Modena and Reggio
Died14 October 1803(1803-10-14) (aged 75)
Treviso, Duchy of Venice
Spouse
Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa
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(m. 1741; died 1790)​
Roman Catholicism

Ercole III d'Este (Ercole Rinaldo; 22 November 1727 – 14 October 1803) was

Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1780 to 1796, and later of Breisgau (not resident). He was a member of the House of Este.[1][2]

Biography

He was born in

Maria Teresa and two brothers who died before his birth.[3]

In 1741, he married

Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, heir and, from 1780, sovereign of the Duchy of Massa and Carrara: their relations turned out to be extremely unhappy and the Duchess lived for most of the time in Reggio
, separated from her husband. When his parents succeeded as rulers of Modena, he was styled His Royal Highness the Hereditary Prince of Modena (1737–1780) and after 1780, His Royal Highness the Duke of Modena.

Generally appreciated by his subjects (he sometimes spoke in Modenese dialect with them), and continued the reform begun by his father. He built the two bridges at

Giambattista Venturi, Girolamo Tiraboschi, Lodovico Ricci
and others.

After the death of his wife in 1790, he married morganatically in 1795 with his long-time mistress Chiara Marini (d. Treviso, 1800), whom he invested with title of Marchioness of Scandiano (only formally, without any authentic rule over this land).[4]

The French invasion forced him to flee to Venice on 7 May 1796, carrying with him a conspicuous personal asset. Later French soldiers captured him at Venice, robbing 200,000 zecchini from his house. After this episode he moved to Treviso, where he died in 1803. The peaces of Treaty of Campo Formio (1797) and Lunéville had assigned him territories in Breisgau in exchange of the lost duchy, but he never took possession of them.

His only legitimate daughter

Ferdinand of Austria. Their son Francis IV
regained the Duchy of Modena and Reggio in 1814.

Issue

  1. Archduke Ferdinand of Austria
    and had issue.
  2. Rinaldo Francesco d'Este (4 January 1753 – 5 May 1753), died in infancy.
  3. Ercole Rinaldo (1770 – 16 February 1795), created Marquess of Scandiano in 1787, General in the Modena Army (died illegitimate, before the marriage of their parents).

Ancestry

Notes

  1. ^ "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  2. ^ "Ercole d'Este, Duke of Modena III (1727-1803)..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  3. ^ "ERCOLE III d'Este, duca di Modena e Reggio in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  4. ^ ESTE (di MONTECCHIO) Duchi di Modena e Reggio in genmarenostrum.com [retrieved 24 February 2015].
  5. ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 86.

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Ercole III d'Este
Born: 22 November 1727 Died: 14 October 1803
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Francesco III
Duke of Modena and Reggio

1780–1796 		Succeeded by
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