Alfonso II d'Este, Duke o Ferrara

Alfonso II d'Este, Duke o Ferrara (24 November 1533 – 27 October 1597) wis Duke o Ferrara frae 1559 tae 1597. He wis a member o the Hoose o Este. He haed nae childer an the duchie o Modena, Ferrara an Reggio went tae his second cousin Cesare d'Este.

Alfonso II d'Este
Duke o Ferrara, Modena, an Reggio
Alfonso II d'Este bi Girolamo da Carpi.
Full name Alfonso d'Este
Born	22 November 1533 Ferrara
Dee'd	27 October 1597(1597-10-27) (aged 63) Ferrara
Noble faimily	este
Spoose(s)	Lucrezia de' Medici Barbara o Austrick Margherita Gonzaga
Faither	Duke Ercole II d'Este o Ferrara
Mither	Renée o Fraunce
Releegion	Roman Catholicism

First mairiage

On 3 Julie 1558, Alfonso mairit Lucrezia de' Medici, a dochter o Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke o Tuscany an Eleonora di Toledo. She died twa years afterwards; poisoning has been suspected, although it is noo thocht that she died o tuberculosis.

Seicont mairiage

On 5 December 1565, Alfonso mairit Airchduchess Barbara o Austrick, eighth dochter o Ferdinand I, Haly Roman Emperor an Anna o Bohemie an Hungary.

Third mairiage

On 24 Februar 1579, Alfonso mairit Margherita Gonzaga the eldest dochter o William I, Duke o Mantua an Eleonore o Austrick. Margherita wis the niece o his second wife Barbara.

Ither wabsteids

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