ALFONSO II d'ESTE, Duke of Ferrara. — Born in Ferrara on 22 Nov. 1533 to Ercole II and Renata of France, daughter of Louis XII; died there on 27 Oct. 1597. He strove with all his might to expand the State and the Este dynasty, whose decline he could not prevent, and he lent splendor to the final days of the Ferrarese duchy. From his three marriages—to Lucrezia de’ Medici, daughter of Cosimo I (1560), Barbara of Austria, daughter
ALFONSO II d'ESTE, Duke of Ferrara. — Born in Ferrara on 22 Nov. 1533 to Ercole II and Renata of France, daughter of Louis XII; died there on 27 Oct. 1597. He strove with every energy to enlarge the State and the Este dynasty, whose decline he could not prevent, and he lent splendor to the final days of the Ferrarese duchy. From his three marriages—to Lucrezia de’ Medici, daughter of Cosimo I (1560), Barbara of Austria, daughter
ALFONSO II d'ESTE, Duke of Ferrara. — Born in Ferrara on 22 Nov. 1533 to Ercole II and Renata of France, daughter of Louis XII; died there on 27 Oct. 1597. He strove with every energy to enlarge the State and the Este dynasty, whose decline he could not prevent, and he lent splendor to the final days of the Ferrarese duchy. From his three marriages: to Lucrezia de’ Medici, daughter of Cosimo I (1560), Barbara of Austria, daughter
ALFONSO II d'ESTE, Duke of Ferrara. — Born in Ferrara on 22 Nov. 1533 to Ercole II and Renata of France, daughter of Louis XII; died there on 27 Oct. 1597. He strove with all his might to enlarge the State and the Este dynasty, whose decline he could not prevent, and he lent splendor to the final days of the Ferrarese duchy. From his three marriages: to Lucrezia de’ Medici, daughter of Cosimo I (1560), Barbara of Austria, daughter
ALFONSO II d'ESTE, Duke of Ferrara. — Born in Ferrara on 22 Nov. 1533 to Ercole II and Renata of France, daughter of Louis XII; died there on 27 Oct. 1597. He strove with every energy to enlarge the State and the Este dynasty, whose decline he could not prevent, and he lent splendor to the final days of the Ferrarese duchy. From his three marriages: to Lucrezia de' Medici, daughter of Cosimo I (1560), and Barbara of Austria, daughter
ALFONSO II d'ESTE, Duke of Ferrara. — Born at Ferrara on 22 Nov. 1533 to Ercole II and Renata of France, daughter of Louis XII; died there on 27 Oct. 1597. He strove with all his might to enlarge the State and the Este dynasty, whose decline he could not prevent, and he lent splendor to the final days of the Ferrarese duchy. From his three marriages: to Lucrezia de’ Medici, daughter of Cosimo I (1560), and Barbara of Austria, daughter
ALFONSO II d'ESTE, Duke of Ferrara. — Born in Ferrara on 22 Nov. 1533 to Ercole II and Renata of France, daughter of Louis XII; died there on 27 Oct. 1597. He strove with every energy to enlarge the State and the Este dynasty, whose decline he could not prevent, and gave splendor to the final days of the Ferrarese duchy. From his three marriages to Lucrezia de' Medici, daughter of Cosimo I (1560), Barbara of Austria, daughter
ALFONSO II d'ESTE, Duke of Ferrara. — Born in Ferrara on 22 Nov. 1533 to Ercole II and Renata of France, daughter of Louis XII; died there on 27 Oct. 1597. He strove with every energy to enlarge the State and the Este dynasty, of which he could not prevent the decline, and gave splendor to the final days of the Ferrarese duchy. From his three marriages—to Lucrezia de’ Medici, daughter of Cosimo I (1560), Barbara of Austria, daughter
