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Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara

1431 - 1505

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Ercole I d'Este (English: Hercules I; 26 October 1431 – 25 January 1505) was Duke of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio from 1471 until his death in 1505. A member of the House of Este, he was known for his patronage of the arts and for strengthening the duchy's economy and political position. He was nicknamed North Wind and The Diamond. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara is the 228th most popular nobleman (down from 195th in 2019), the 1,112th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,039th in 2019) and the 28th 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 228 out of 1,415Before him are Cynegils, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, Guntram the Rich, and Stéphanie de Beauharnais. After him are Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia, Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Thierry, Count of Flanders, Archduke John of Austria, and Memnon of Rhodes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1431, Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara ranks 6Before him are Vlad the Impaler, Pope Alexander VI, François Villon, Andrea Mantegna, and Jasper Tudor. After him are Ladislaus Hunyadi, John of Coimbra, Prince of Antioch, Çiçek Hatun, Borommatrailokkanat, and John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu. Among people deceased in 1505, Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara ranks 6Before him are Ivan III of Russia, Hongzhi Emperor, Joan of France, Duchess of Berry, Al-Suyuti, and Jacob Obrecht. After him are Elizabeth of Austria, Heinrich Kramer, Ascanio Sforza, Gülbahar Hatun, Johannes Widmann, and Jean Hey.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara ranks 1,112 out of 5,161Before him are Beatrice of Naples (1457), Enrico De Nicola (1877), John Singer Sargent (1856), Maurizio Pollini (1942), Joannes (400), and Giovanni Battista Martini (1706). After him are Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (1667), Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901), Milonia Caesonia (7), Eleonora Duse (1858), Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484), and Francesco Albani (1578).

Among NOBLEMEN In Italy

Among noblemen born in Italy, Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara ranks 28Before him are Beatrice d'Este (1475), Maria Theresa of Savoy (1756), Maximilian Sforza (1493), Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara (1545), Marie Joséphine of Savoy (1753), and Luisa of Naples and Sicily (1773). After him are Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (1667), Archduke John of Austria (1782), Eleonora Gonzaga (1630), Gioffre Borgia (1481), Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma (1679), and Anna d'Este (1531).