Niccolò II d'Este
Niccolò II d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara | |
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| Years active | 1361–1388 |
| Known for | Commissioned Castello Estense |
Niccolò II d'Este (1338 – 26 March 1388) was
from 1361 until his death.He was the son of
Urban V
(1367).
During Niccolò's reign, Ferrara started to gain a reputation as an art city. He commissioned to Bartolino da Novara the construction of the Castello Estense after a popular revolt in 1385.
References
- Muratori, Ludovico Antonio (1717). Delle antichità Estensi. Modena.
- Pigna, G.B. (1570). Historia dei Principi d'Este. Ferrara.
- Antonio Menniti Ippolito, Este, Niccolò II d’, in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, XLIII, Roma 1993, pp. 393–396
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