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Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara

Also known as: Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara; primary name: Este, Alfonso II d'; other name: (Duke of) Ferrara; other name: (Duke of) Modena; other name: (Lord of) Brescello; other name: (Lord of) Reggio di Calabria; other name: Alfonso II d'Este
Details: individual; ruler; Italian; Male
Life dates: 1533-1597
Biography: Son of Ercole II d'Este and his wife Renée of France (daughter of Louis XII of France); married Lucrezia de' Medici, daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici (q.v.), in 1558; she died in 1560 and in 1565 he married Barbara of Austria, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I; after her death in 1572 he married, in 1597, her niece Margherita Gonzaga, daughter of Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. As he had no children, his estates were inherited by his cousin Cesare d'Este in 1597. However, as the Popes did not recognise Cesare's succession, Clement VIII absorbed Ferrara into the Papal States in 1598.
Bibliography: Attwood, Philip, 'Italian Medals c.1530-1600 in British Public Collections', Vol. 1, (London: 2003), p.289.

42 related objects

coin

Museum number: SSB,102.109 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production place: Minted in:Ferrara (city)

coin

Museum number: 1847,1108.250 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production place: Minted in:Ferrara (city)

coin

Museum number: 1847,1108.257 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production place: Minted in:Ferrara (city)

coin

Museum number: 1847,1108.258 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production place: Minted in:Ferrara (city)

coin

Museum number: 1847,1108.1161 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production date: 1559-1597 |
Production place: Minted in:Reggio di Calabria (town)

coin

Museum number: 1908,1011.499 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production place: Minted in:Ferrara (city)

coin

Museum number: 1919,0214.526 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production date: 1596 |
Production place: Minted in:Ferrara (city)

coin

Museum number: 1847,1108.245 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production date: 1596 |
Production place: Minted in:Ferrara (city)

coin

Museum number: 1919,0214.481 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production date: 1559-1597 |
Production place: Minted in:Reggio di Calabria (town)

coin

Museum number: 1860,0402.11 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production date: 1570-1595 |
Production place: Minted in:Brescello

coin

Museum number: 1847,1108.244 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production date: 1597 |
Production place: Minted in:Ferrara (city)

coin

Museum number: C.2655 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production place: Minted in:Ferrara (city)

coin

Museum number: 1847,1108.1166 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production date: 1559-1597 |
Production place: Minted in:Reggio di Calabria (town)

coin

Museum number: 1906,1103.3972 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production date: 1559-1597 |
Production place: Minted in:Reggio di Calabria (town)

coin

Museum number: SSB,102.108 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production place: Minted in:Ferrara (city)

coin

Museum number: SSB,102.106.2 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production place: Minted in:Ferrara (city)

coin

Museum number: C.3164 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production date: 1559-1597 |
Production place: Minted in:Reggio di Calabria (town)

coin

Museum number: 1855,0612.362 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production date: 1559-1597 |
Production place: Minted in:Reggio di Calabria (town)

coin

Museum number: 1855,0612.71 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production date: 1579 |
Production place: Minted in:Ferrara (city)

coin

Museum number: 1847,1108.260 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production place: Minted in:Ferrara (city)

coin

Museum number: 1847,1108.246 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production date: 1597 |
Production place: Minted in:Ferrara (city)

coin

Museum number: 1855,0612.363 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production date: 1559-1597 |
Production place: Minted in:Reggio di Calabria (town)

coin

Museum number: 1870,0507.8639 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production date: 1559-1597 |
Production place: Minted in:Reggio di Calabria (town)

coin

Museum number: 1919,0214.525 |
Authority: BIOG102666 Ruler:Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
Production date: 1597 |
Production place: Minted in:Ferrara (city)

medal

Museum number: G3,FerrM.40 |
Producer name: Designed by:Andrea Cambi called BombardaDesigned by:Alfonso Ruspagiari |
Production date: 16thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: G3,FerrM.39 |
Production date: 1555 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: G3,FerrM.38 |
Production date: 1554-1555 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: 1923,0521.3 |
Producer name: Designed by:Pastorino de' PastoriniModelled by:Pastorino de' Pastorini |
Production date: 1554 |
Production place: Made in:Ferrara (city)

medal

Museum number: G3,FerrM.377 |
Production date: 1555 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: G3,FerrM.81 |
Production date: 16thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: G3,FerrM.62 |
Producer name: Designed by:Domenico PogginiModelled by:Domenico Poggini |
Production date: 1558 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

print

Title: Alfonsus Atestinus Ultimus Dux Ferrariae Atrium Heroicum |
Museum number: 1873,0510.2763 |
Producer name: BIOG24246 Print made by:Dominicus Custos |
Production date: 1602 |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

print

Title: Alfonso II d'Este ... |
Museum number: 1943,0709.183 |
Producer name: BIOG231740 Print made by:Gregorio Cleter |
Production date: 1833-1873

print

Title: Alfonsus. II. Ferrariae. Dux |
Museum number: 1862,0208.85 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC

print

Museum number: 1885,0509.279-532 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC-19thC

print

Title: Alphonsus II. Esten Ferrar Dux V Imagines quorundam principum et illustrium virorum |
Museum number: 1873,0510.3011 |
Producer name: BIOG44281 Print made by:Martin Rota |
Production date: 1568

print

Title: Armamentarium Heroicum |
Museum number: 1871,0812.459 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dominicus CustosAfter:Giovanni Battista Fontana |
Production date: 1601

print

Title: Alfonsus II. Esten ... Imagines quorundam principum et illustrium virorum |
Museum number: 1873,0510.2964 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolò NelliPublished by:Bolognino Zaltieri |
Production date: 1568 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

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