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Cesare I. was the only legitimate son of Alfonso d'Este (1527-1587), the Margrave of Montecchio, and his first wife Giulia della Rovere (1527-1563). He was a grandson of Alfonso I. d'Este (1476-1534), Duke of Ferrara, Reggio und Modena, and of Francesco Maria della Rovere (1490-1538), Duke of Urbino. And he did indeed bear a great resemblance to both grandfathers. When his cousin Alfonso II. (1533-1597), Duke of Ferrara, Reggio and Modena, died childless in 1597, the latter designated Cesare I. as his successor in his duchy. Emperor Rudolf II. also immediately recognized him as the next Duke of Ferrara, Reggio and Modena, but Pope Clement VIII. saw the chance for which his predecessors had been waiting for so long: he declared Cesare I. d'Este ineligible to succeed his cousin Alfonso II. in Ferrara, since this would be an ecclesiastical fief and Cesare I.'s father was said to be an illegitimate child. Cesare I. d'Este was able to document the marriage of his grandfather Alfonso I. d'Este and his grandmother Laura Eustochia Dianti, the parents of his father (they had entered into a clandestine morganatic marriage), but the Pope simply refused to see the papers. Clandestine marriages very often caused great problems for the children of these relationships. Cesare I. d'Este must have been very disappointed that he could not become the next Duke of Ferrara, Reggio and Modena, but only Duke of Modena and Reggio, both of which were secular fiefdoms.
On 6th February 1586 Cesare I. d'Este married Virginia de' Medici (1568-1615), the youngest daughter of the Grand Duke Cosimo I de' Medici (1519-1574) by his second wife Camilla Martelli (1545/47-1590). With Virginia he had ten children.
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