Alfonso Este I Duke Ferrara, Modena and Reggio 1476-1534

On 21st July 1476 Alfonso Este I Duke Ferrara, Modena and Reggio was born to Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara [aged 44].

In January 1491 Alfonso Este I Duke Ferrara, Modena and Reggio [aged 14] and Anne Sforza [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza 5th Duke Milan and Bona of Savoy [aged 41]. He the son of Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara [aged 59].

On 12th January 1491 a double wedding ceremony was held between the Este and Visconti families of Milan. Leonardo da Vinci orchestrated the celebrations.

Alfonso Este I Duke Ferrara, Modena and Reggio [aged 14] and Anne Sforza [aged 14] were married fourteen years after their bethrothal. She the daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza 5th Duke Milan and Bona of Savoy [aged 41]. He the son of Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara [aged 59].

Ludovico Sforza Duke Milan [aged 38] and Beatrice Este [aged 15] were married. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara. He the son of Francesco Sforza I Duke Milan and Bianca Maria Visconti.

In 1494 Maximilian Habsburg I Holy Roman Emperor [aged 34] and [his sister-in-law] Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress. She the daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza 5th Duke Milan and [his mother-in-law] Bona of Savoy [aged 44]. He the son of Frederick "Peaceful or Fat" Habsburg III Holy Roman Emperor and Eleanor Aviz Holy Roman Empress. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 21st October 1494 [his brother-in-law] Gian Galeazzo Sforza 6th Duke Milan [aged 25] died. His succeeded uncle Ludovico Sforza Duke Milan [aged 42] succeeded Duke Milan.

On 30th November 1497 [his wife] Anne Sforza [aged 21] died in childbirth. Some sources reported that her child, a son, died immediately after being baptised; others, say that he survived and was named Alessandro, dying in 1514 aged 17. She was buried in the monastery of San Vito.

In 1501 Alfonso Este I Duke Ferrara, Modena and Reggio [aged 24] and Lucrezia Borgia [aged 20] were married. He the son of Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara [aged 69].

On 15th June 1505 [his father] Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara [aged 73] died. His succeeded son Alfonso [aged 28] succeeded I Duke Ferrara.

On 5th April 1508 [his son] Ercole Este II Duke Ferrara was born to Alfonso Este I Duke Ferrara, Modena and Reggio [aged 31] and [his wife] Lucrezia Borgia [aged 27]. He married April 1528 Renée of France Duchess of Ferrara and had issue.

On 24th June 1519 [his wife] Lucrezia Borgia [aged 39] died.

On 10th March 1527 [his illegitimate son] Alfonso Este Lord Montecchio was born illegitimately to Alfonso Este I Duke Ferrara, Modena and Reggio [aged 50].

In April 1528 Ercole Este II Duke Ferrara [aged 19] and Renée of France Duchess of Ferrara [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of Louis XII King France and Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France [aged 51]. He the son of Alfonso Este I Duke Ferrara, Modena and Reggio [aged 51] and Lucrezia Borgia.

1534. Dosso Dossi [aged 45]. Portrait of Alfonso Este I Duke Ferrara, Modena and Reggio [aged 57] as a Knight of the Order of Saint Michael.

On 31st October 1534 Alfonso Este I Duke Ferrara, Modena and Reggio [aged 58] died. His succeeded son Ercole Este II Duke Ferrara [aged 26] succeeded II Duke Ferrara. Renée of France Duchess of Ferrara [aged 24] by marriage Duchess Ferrara.