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Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara

1431 - 1505

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Ercole I d'Este KG (English: Hercules I; 26 October 1431 – 25 January 1505) was Duke of Ferrara from 1471 until 1505. He was a member of the House of Este. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara has received more than 116,078 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara is the 195th most popular nobleman (down from 183rd in 2019), the 1,039th most popular biography from Italy (down from 926th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Italian Nobleman.

Ercule I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, is most famous for being the father of Lucrezia Borgia.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara ranks 195 out of 1,415Before him are Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg, Queen Noor of Jordan, Maria Theresa of Savoy, Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, and Gioffre Borgia. After him are Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Caroline, Princess of Hanover, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry, and Judith of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1431, Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara ranks 5Before him are Vlad the Impaler, Pope Alexander VI, François Villon, and Andrea Mantegna. After him are Ladislaus Hunyadi, Çiçek Hatun, Jasper Tudor, Borommatrailokkanat, John of Coimbra, Prince of Antioch, and John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu. Among people deceased in 1505, Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara ranks 8Before him are Joan of France, Duchess of Berry, Al-Suyuti, Hongzhi Emperor, Jacob Obrecht, Elizabeth of Austria, and Gülbahar Hatun. After him are Heinrich Kramer, Ascanio Sforza, Johannes Widmann, Jean Hey, Constantine II of Georgia, and João Fernandes Lavrador.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara ranks 1,039 out of 5,161Before him are Tina Modotti (1896), Mirella Freni (1935), Concino Concini (1575), Gnaeus Naevius (-275), Andrea Gabrieli (1533), and Gioffre Borgia (1481). After him are Ettore Scola (1931), Romuald (951), Frank Costello (1891), Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (1667), Vincenzo Viviani (1622), and Nicola Porpora (1686).

Among NOBLEMEN In Italy

Among noblemen born in Italy, Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara ranks 26Before him are Isabella d'Este (1474), Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1476), Eleonora Gonzaga (1630), Maximilian Sforza (1493), Maria Theresa of Savoy (1756), and Gioffre Borgia (1481). After him are Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (1667), Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry (1798), Princess Carolina of Parma (1770), Mathilde Bonaparte (1820), Archduke John of Austria (1782), and Beatrice d'Este (1475).