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Gian Galeazzo II. Maria Sforza

Isabella of Aragon

Ferrante of Naples

Alfonso II. of Naples

Ferrandino of Naples

Alfonso I. d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, a cousin of Isabella of Aragon


Born on:

21. July 1476


Deceased on:

31. October 1534


Father:

Ercole I. (1431-1505), Duke of Ferrara, Reggio and Modena


Mother:

Leonora (or Eleonora) of Aragon (1450-1493), daughter of King Ferrante of Naples († 1494)


Spouses:
  1. Anna Maria Sforza (1476-1497), daughter of Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza of Milan († 1476, assassinated); marriage on 22. January 1491
  2. Lucrezia Borgia, illegitimate daughter of Pope Alexander VI. († 1503)
  3. Laura Dianti Eustochia

Children:

from his second marriage to Lucrezia Borgia, see: Lucrezia Borgia

from his third marriage (a clandestine, morganatic marriage) to Laura Dianti Eustochia:

  1. his son Alfonso (1527-1587); marriage to Giulia della Rovere
  2. his son Alfonsino, born after 1527

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