Borso's successor, Ercole I, imposed heavy

Algardi's classicizing manner was carried on by pupils ( including Ercole Ferrata and Domenico Guidi ).

She was born on Tuesday 19 May 1474 at nine o ' clock in the evening in Ferrara, to Ercole I d ' Este, Duke of Ferrara and Leonora of Naples.

Ercole Consalvi made an ineffectual protest at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 but Avignon was never restored to the Holy See.

Alfonso I, son of Ercole, was also an important patron ; his preference for instrumental music resulted in Ferrara becoming an important center of composition for the lute.

The architecture of Ferrara benefitted from the genius of Biagio Rossetti, who was asked in 1484 by Ercole I to redesign the plan of the city.

Among them may be noted those in the north quarter ( especially the four at the intersection of its two main streets ), which was added by Ercole I in 1492 – 1505, from the plans of Biagio Rossetti, and hence called the Addizione Erculea.

It was paid for and made by Yom-Tob ben Levi Athias ( the Spanish Marrano Jerónimo de Vargas, as typographer ) and Abraham ben Salomon Usque ( the Portuguese Jew Duarte Pinhel, as translator ), and was dedicated to Ercole II d ' Este.

Pius VII ' Secretary of State, Ercole Consalvi, who had been Della Genga's rival in the consistory, was immediately dismissed, and Pius ' policies rejected.

Ercole d ' Este I | Ercole I d ' Este was one of the most important patrons of arts in the Italian Renaissance.

The last duke, Ercole III, was deposed in 1796 by the French and his two duchies became the Cispadane Republic which one year later was merged into the Cisalpine Republic and then into the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy.

Ercole was compensated in 1801 with the small principality of Breisgau in southwestern Germany, whose previous rulers, the Habsburgs, ceded it to him in anticipation of its eventual return to the Habsburgs, since Ercole's daughter Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d ' Este was married to a cadet Habsburg, Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este.

In 1814, when French rule in Italy ended ( but after the death of Duke Ercole ), Modena was returned to his daughter Mary Beatrice and her son, Archduke Francis of Austria-Este.

Ercole III d ' Este | Ercole III was the last Este duke of Modena and Reggio.

Through his mother Zita of Bourbon-Parma ( a great-granddaughter of Maria Teresa of Savoy, Duchess of Lucca and Parma, who was a daughter of Maria Teresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia, who in turn was a daughter of Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d ' Este and Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este, Duchess and Duke of Breisgau and Modena ), Robert was a descendant of Ercole III d ' Este, and the blood of last Este dukes thus joined again with the name Austria-Este.

Enlarged and fortified by Ercole II, it was made the primary ducal residence when Ferrara, the main Este seat, fell to the Pope in 1598.

Ercole III died in exile at Treviso, having refused Napoleonic offers of compensation when Modena was made part of the Napoleonic Cispadane Republic.

One of Pius VII's first acts was to appoint the minor cleric Ercole Consalvi, who had performed so ably as secretary to the recent conclave, to the College of Cardinals and to the office of Cardinal Secretary of State.

She also succeeded in obtaining a cardinalate for her son Ercole.

**** son Ercole Massimiliano

His son Ercole II married Renée of France, daughter of Louis XII of France ; he too embellished Ferrara during his reign ( 1534 – 1559 ).

Alfonso and Lucrezia Borgia's son Ercole d ' Este II ( 1508 – 1559 ) married Renée of France, daughter of Louis XII of France.

He was the second son of Francis of Lorraine, Duke of Guise and Anna d ' Este, the daughter of Ercole d ' Este II, Duke of Ferrara and Renée of France.

It was re-granted as a marquisate to Honoré II, Prince of Monaco in 1642 by Louis XIII King of France, but was first used by Honoré's son Ercole, Marquis of Baux.

She was married in April 1528 to Ercole II, Duke of Ferrara, eldest son of Alfonso I d ' Este and Lucrezia Borgia.

With the death of Ercole Contrari in 1557, Vignola was assigned to Giacomo Boncompagni, son of Pope Gregory XIII.

He was the son of Ercole I d ' Este and Leonora of Naples.

He was succeeded by Sante I ( 1426-1463 ), also of dubious paternity and origin, but alleged to be a son of Ercole Bentivoglio, a cousin of Annibale I.

A son of Giovanni II, Annibale II ( 1469-1540 ), married Lucrezia d ' Este, an illegitimate daughter of Duke Ercole I of Ferrara, in 1487.

The Corpus Domini Monastery contains tombs of the House of Este, including Alfonso I, Alfonso II, Ercole I, Ercole II, as well as Lucrezia Borgia, Eleanor of Aragon, and many more.

In January 1491, he married Ercole I d ' Este's youngest daughter Beatrice d ' Este ( 1475 – 1497 ) in a double Sforza-Este marriage, while Beatrice's brother, Alfonso d ' Este, married Anna Sforza, Ludovico's niece.

Between 1542 and 1560 he was a private secretary, first to Ercole II and afterwards to Alfonso II d ' Este ; but having, in connection with a literary quarrel, lost the favour of his patron, he moved to Mondovi, where he remained as a teacher of literature until 1568.

By 1514, he would begin three decades of service for dukes Alfonso I and Ercole II d ' Este, becoming principal court artist.

Following in the lead of his father Ercole, who had made Ferrara into one of the musical centers of Europe, Alfonso brought some of the most famous musicians of the time to his court to work as composers, instrumentalists and singers.

A member of the Este family, she was the younger daughter of Ercole I d ' Este and the sister of Isabella d ' Este and Alfonso d ' Este.

As a temporal prince who constructed stout fortresses in the Papal States, Sixtus IV committed himself to Venice's aggression against Ercole I d ' Este, Duke of Ferrara, inciting the Venetians to attack in 1482 in the so-called War of Ferrara.

* June 15 – Ercole d ' Este I, Duke of Ferrara ( b. 1431 )

Ercole I ( 1471 – 1505 ) carried on a war with Venice and increased the magnificence of the city.

During the reign of Ercole d ' Este I, one of the most significant patrons of the arts in late 15th and early 16th century Italy after the Medici, Ferrara grew into a cultural center, renowned for music as well as for visual arts.

It played an important role when Ferrara enjoyed its greatest splendor in the 15th and 16th century, with the duke Ercole I d ' Este.

Corso Ercole I d ' Este, Street in the Renaissance town center of Ferrara, Italy

The only surviving work which may be in his own hand is a graffito on the wall of the Sistine Chapel, and only one contemporary mention of his character is known, in a letter to Duke Ercole I of Ferrara.

Further travels included two years ( 1497 – 1499 ) spent at the Este court in Ferrara, under the reign of Ercole d ' Este I, then a significant literary and musical center.

He left around the time of Josquin des Prez's hire by Ercole I d ' Este as composer to the chapel, and in time to avoid the plague which decimated the city in 1505, claiming the life of renowned composer Jacob Obrecht.

When they settled at Ferrara, Duke Ercole I d ' Este granted them privileges.