Again a classic of Renaissance literature was the basis of the libretto by Boccherini, in this case a comic mock-epic by Tassoni, in which a war between Modena and Bologna ensues over a stolen bucket.

She was the daughter of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este and Maria Beatrice d ' Este, Princess of Modena.

She was the daughter of Boniface III, ruler of many counties, among them Reggio, Modena, Mantua, Brescia, and Ferrara.

Her mother died in 1671, and her father remarried in 1673, taking as his second wife Mary of Modena, a Catholic who was only four years older than Mary.

The province of " Massa e Carrara " was born in 1859 from the separation of the Lunigiana and the Garfagnana from the Ducato of Modena.

A 20, 000 strong army under Papal legate William of Modena crossed the frozen sea while the Saaremaa fleet was icebound, in January 1227.

The Roman colony was founded in 183 BC, together with Mutina ( Modena ); 2, 000 families were settled.

Arriving in the city of Reggio ( having travelled from Modena ), Bargrave was stopped by the city guard who inspected his books on suspicion some may have been on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum.

The Archbishopric of Warmia was one of four dioceses created in 1242 by the papal legate William of Modena.

Debate continued over the generations ; Delmedigo's arguments were echoed by Leon of Modena ( d. 1648 ) in his Ari Nohem, and a work devoted to the criticism of the Zohar, Miṭpaḥat Sefarim, was written by Jacob Emden ( d. 1776 ), who, waging war against the remaining adherents of the Sabbatai Zevi movement ( in which Zevi, a false messiah and Jewish apostate, cited Messianic prophecies from the Zohar as proof of his legitimacy ), endeavored to show that the book on which Zevi based his doctrines was a forgery.

After 984 it was a fief of Tedaldo, count of Modena and Canossa, nephew of the emperor Otto I.

In 1289 he was also chosen as lord of Modena, one year later he was made lord of Reggio.

His son Borso received the title of duke for the imperial fiefs of Modena and Reggio from Emperor Frederick III in 1452 ( in which year Girolamo Savonarola was born here ), and in 1471 was made duke of Ferrara by Pope Paul II.

He married a Catholic princess, Mary of Modena, who was only six and a half years older than Anne.

In November, James's wife Mary of Modena was announced to be pregnant.

* A pyramid-shaped temple near Modena, Utah was built by the Righteous Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The county was named for Mary of Modena, Duchess of York, second wife of James, Duke of York ( later James II, King of England ).

The lordship of Ferrara was made hereditary by Obizzo II ( d. 1293 ) who was proclaimed Lord of Ferrara in 1264, Lord of Modena 1288 and Lord of Reggio 1289.

His successors were Leonello ( 1407 – 1450 ) and Borso ( 1413 – 1471 ), who was elevated to Duke of Modena and Reggio by Emperor Frederick III in 1452 and in return received these duchies as imperial fiefs.

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.

In 1859 the duchy lost its independence to the new united Italy, and Francis V, Duke of Modena, was deposed.

Tarquinia, unlike Wert, but like Lucrezia, was a member of the nobility, and when her affair with Wert was found out in 1589 – their affair was plagued with spies, and their love-letters opened – she was banished to Modena.

In 1795, he took up his abode at Modena and was for twelve years engaged in politics, becoming a member of the legislative body, a councillor of state, and minister plenipotentiary of the Cisalpine Republic at Turin.

Bonaparte made him a member of the Corps législatif, professor at the Military School of Modena, and Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.

In 1687 he was sent to London by the duke of Modena, to become a member of the chapel of James II.

| 22405 Gavioliremo || 1995 OB || Remo Gavioli, Italian amateur astronomer, founding member of the G. Montanari Astronomical Society ( Associazione Astronomica G. Montanari ) in Cavezzo ( Modena ), Italy *

The singer of the group Cisco along with producer Kaba Cavazzuti who also became " a new member of the Modena City Ramblers after changes in the original line-up ", released the album of the ‘ brother band ’ Casa del Vento, titled " 900 " which came out in February 2001.

Piedmont would gain the Austrian territories of Lombardy and Venetia ) and some territories of the former Venetian Commonwealth in the Adriatic, as well as the Duchies of Parma and Modena, while France would be rewarded with Piedmont's territories in Savoy and Nice.

An initial attack on French-occupied Genoa failed, but Venetian troops under Lucio Malvezzo finally drove the French from Vicenza in early August ; and a joint force commanded by Francesco Maria della Rovere, the Duke of Urbino, captured Modena on 17 August.

He was in Modena in 1519, working for the Rangoni family, and in 1525 was in Ferrara at the Este court, where he formed a close friendship with Adrian Willaert, the founder of the Venetian School.

Although Verdi had accepted the need to remove the first act, it seems that he changed his mind and allowed a performance on 29 December 1886 in Modena which presented the “ Fontainebleau ’’ first act along with the revised 4-act version.

In 1741, the allied Spaniards and Neapolitans had advanced towards Modena, the Duke of which state had allied himself with them, but the vigilant Austrian commander, Count Otto Ferdinand von Traun had out-marched them, captured Modena and forced the Duke to make a separate peace.

The two surviving branches, with Duke Henry the Lion of Saxony and Bavaria on the German side, concluded an agreement in 1154 which allocated the family's Italian possessions to the younger line, the Fulc-Este, who in the course of time acquired Ferrara, Modena and Reggio.

Modena is well known in culinary circles for its production of balsamic vinegar and also for its Military Academy, Italy's " Westpoint ", which is housed in the Ducal Palace.

Francesco I d ' Este, Duke of Modena ( 1629 – 1658 ) built the citadel and began the palace, which was largely embellished by Francesco II.

Modena has a strong sporting tradition, linked mainly to motor racing as the birthplace of Enzo Ferrari, founder of the eponymous motor racing team and car manufacturer which is based in nearby Maranello.

A seemingly related account appears carved into the archivolt of Modena Cathedral in Modena, Italy, which probably predates Caradoc's telling.

During the course of the following century and a half many Italian cities established a philosophical and scientific academy, some of which became the national academies of pre-unitarian states: the Academy of Accesi became the Panomitan Academy of Buon Gusto ; the Academy of Timidi became the Royal Academy of Mantua ; the Accademia dei Ricovrati became the Galileiana Academy of Arts and Science ; the Academy of Dissonanti became the Royal Academy of Modena and the Academy of Oscuri became the Royal Academy of Lucca.

When the papal diplomat William of Modena visited present Sweden around 1248, he urged the Swedish kings to fulfill the rules of the Catholic Church, an exhortation which Birger seems to have taken as a chance to strengthen his position by simply taking the side of the church against other members of his family ( alternatively possible to interpret as a manifestation of his pious side ).

The family had long dwelt in the Castle of Mirandola ( Duchy of Modena ), which had become independent in the fourteenth century and had received in 1414 from the Emperor Sigismund the fief of Concordia.

In 1991 some performers from Emilia-Romagna founded Modena City Ramblers, which blends the Combat Rock musical style ( The Clash ) with folk, traditional Irish music, political songs ( Contessa ) and partisans ' songs ( Fischia il vento and Bella Ciao ).

This vast work, in which Italian literature from the time of the Etruscans to the end of the 17th century is traced in detail, occupied eleven years, 1771-1782, and the thirteen quarto volumes embodying it appeared successively in Modena during that period.

In 1848 modern day Italy was composed of the following duchies, states, or kingdoms: in southern Italy was the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, in central Italy was the Papal States, in the north were the three Duchies of Parma, Tuscany and Modena, in the northwest was the Kingdom of Sardinia, which consisted of Nice, Genoa, Savoy, mainland Piedmont and the island of Sardinia.

In 1859, the Granducato officially ceased to exist, being joined to the Duchies of Modena and Parma to form the United Provinces of Central Italy, which used the undefaced tricolour until it was annexed to the Kingdom of Sardinia the following year.

Welf V married Countess Matilda of Tuscany who died childless and left him her possessions, including Tuscany, Ferrara, Modena, Mantua, and Reggio, which played a role in the Investiture controversy.

Muratori supported the claims of his sovereign and of the house of Este against the pope by means of numerous historical researches, which he later on utilized in the preparation of a historical work, Antichità Estensi ed Italiane ( 2 vols., Modena: 1st vol., 1717 ; 2nd vol., 1740 ).

Eventually, Bracegirdle founded his own record label, Modena Records, which holds the rights to all his songs and licenses them to other labels for release and distribution.