Lucrezia Barberini

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Lucrezia Barberini
Rinaldo, Duke of Modena
FatherTaddeo Barberini, Prince of Palestrina
MotherAnna Colonna

Lucrezia Barberini (24 October 1628 – 24 August 1699) was an

Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena
.

Biography

Barberini was born 24 October 1628; the eldest of five children to

Francesco Barberini, Antonio Barberini and Girolamo Colonna
.

Her cousin Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna, Prince of Paliano, was the husband of Marie Mancini; niece of French First Minister Cardinal Jules Mazarin.

On 14 October 1654 she married

House of Barberini who had taken sides against each other during the First War of Castro.[3]
Francesco had, in fact, fought alongside his father against Taddeo Barberini's troops.

They had one son,

Rinaldo d'Este, Duke of Modena, who married Charlotte of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Through this child, she is ancestor of the royal house of Austria-Este
.

References

  1. ^ Worldroots: Archived 15 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine Barberini
  2. ^ Papal Genealogy: The Families And Descendants of the Popes by George L. Williams (McFarland, 2004)
  3. ^ Penny cyclopaedia of the Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge, Volume 3 (C. Knight, 1835)