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House of Este

European dynasty of North Italian origin

Arms of the house of Este (3)
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Overview

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The house, member by member

One family drawn as a tree, then every member, oldest first where a date is recorded.

4 children in the house

  1. Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena 1634 CE – 1662 CE
  2. Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma 1635 CE – 1666 CE
  3. Maria d'Este 1644 CE – 1684 CE
  4. Rinaldo d'Este 1655 CE – 1737 CE
One family in House of Este: members whose records name this parent, oldest first. A parent from another house is on the child’s own page. Open the family tree

Offices held in the house

The members in each office, in order — a selection from the office’s whole line.

Cardinal

  • 6 holders
  • 6 overlapping pairs
  • 2 undated
  1. from 26 February 1561 CE Luigi d'Este Catholic cardinal
  2. from 3 March 1599 CE Alessandro d'Este Italian cardinal (1568-1624)
  3. from 16 December 1641 CE Rinaldo d'Este Catholic cardinal (1618-1672)
  4. from 2 September 1686 CE Rinaldo d'Este Duke of Modena, (1655-1737)

No dates recorded 2

Every recorded holder

Duke of Ferrara and of Modena

  • 3 holders
  • 1 gap
  1. 25 January 1505 CE – 31 October 1534 CE Alfonso I d'Este Duke of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (1476–1534)
  2. Gap about 110 years before the next in this house

    1644 CE – 1658 CE Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena Italian noble (1610–1658)
  3. 1658 CE – 1662 CE Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena Italian noble

Cardinal-deacon

  • 2 holders
  • 1 overlap
  1. from 20 September 1493 CE Ippolito d'Este Catholic cardinal
  2. Overlap held at the same time as Ippolito d'Este

    20 December 1538 CE – 2 December 1572 CE Ippolito II d'Este Catholic cardinal
Every recorded holder

Diocesan bishop

  • 2 holders
  • 1 overlap
  1. 19 March 1550 CE – 18 November 1551 CE Ippolito II d'Este Catholic cardinal
  2. Overlap held at the same time as Ippolito II d'Este

    from 1 May 1550 CE Luigi d'Este Catholic cardinal
Every recorded holder

Affiliation

From the members’ own records, not the people the house ruled.

Affiliations recorded on members

An affiliation recorded by a third party, often for one period of a life. It is not the religion of anyone this house ruled.

Connections

Affiliation 3

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