List of Modenese consorts explained

See also: List of Dukes of Ferrara and of Modena.

Lady of Modena

House of Este, 1288–1452

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Constanza della Scala
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Alberto I della Scala, Lord of Verona
(Scaliger)
-28 July 128920 February 1293
husband's death
after 27 April 1306Obizzo II
Giovanna Orsini
Bertoldo Orsini
(Orsini)
-128220 February 1293
husband's accession
1302/04Azzo VIII
Beatrice of Anjou
Charles II of Naples
(Anjou)
1295April 130531 January 1308
husband's death
1335
Alda Rangoni
Tobia Rangoni
(Rangoni)
-128920 February 1293
husband's accession
September 1321Aldobrandino II
Orsina Orsini
Bertoldo Orsini
(Orsini)
--23 August 1312
husband's accession
20 February 1293
husband's death
-Francesco
Gigliola da Carrara
Francesco II da Carrara, Lord of Padua
(Carraresi)
1379/82June 13971416Niccolò III
Parisina MalatestaAndrea Malatesta, Lord of Cesena
(Malatesta)
1404 141821 May 1425
Ricciarda of SaluzzoThomas III, Margrave of Saluzzo
(Aleramici)
14101429/3126 December 1441
husband's death
16 August 1474
Margherita GonzagaGianfrancesco I Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua
(Gonzaga)
1418January 143526 December 1441
husband's accession
3 July 1439Leonello d'Este
Maria of AragonAlfonso V of Aragon
(Trastámara)
1425 13 April/20 May 14449 December 1449

Duchess of Modena

House of Este, 1452–1796

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Eleanor of Naples
[6] [7]
Ferdinand I of Naples
(Trastámara)
22 June 1450 3 July 147311 October 1493Ercole I
Lucrezia Borgia
Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI
(Borgia)
18 April 14802 February 1502 15 June 1505
husband's accession
24 June 1519Alfonso I
Laura Dianti
Francesco Boccacci Dianti
(Dianti)
1480 after 1519 31 October 1534
husband's death
25 June 1573
Renée of France
Louis XII of France
(Valois-Orléans)
25 October 151028 June 1528 31 October 1534
husband's accession
3 October 1559
husband's death
12 June 1575Ercole II
Lucrezia de' Medici
Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
(Medici)
7 June 1545 3 July 15583 October 1559
husband's accession
21 April 1562Alfonso II
Barbara of Austria
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
30 April 1539 5 December 156519 September 1572
Margherita Gonzaga
Guglielmo X Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
(Gonzaga)
27 May 1564 24 February 157927 October 1597
husband's death
6 January 1618
Virginia de' Medici
Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
(Medici)
29 May 1568 6 February 158627 October 1597
husband's accession
15 January 1615Cesare
Maria Caterina Farnese
Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma
(Farnese)
18 February 161511 January 1631 25 June 1646Francesco I
Vittoria Farnese
29 April 161812 February 164810 August 1649
Lucrezia Barberini
Taddeo Barberini, Prince of Palestina
(Barberini)
24 October 162814 October 165414 October 1658
husband's death
24 August 1699
Laura Martinozzi
Girolamo Martinozzi
(Martinozzi)
27 May 1639 27 May 165514 October 1658
husband's accession
16 July 1662
husband's death
19 July 1687Alfonso IV
Image needing translationMargherita Maria Farnese
Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma
(Farnese)
24 November 166414 July 16926 September 1694
husband's death
17 June 1718Francesco II
Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg
John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
(Brunswick-Lüneburg)
8 March 1671 11 February 1696 29 September 1710Rainaldo III
Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans
[8]
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
(Orléans)
20 October 1700 21 June 172026 October 1737
husband's accession
19 January 1761Francesco III
Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa
Alderano I Cybo-Malaspina, Duke of Massa
(Cybo Malaspina)
29 June 1725 16 April 1741 22 February 1780
husband's accession
29 December 1790Ercole III

House of Austria-Este, 1814–1859

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Maria Beatrice of Savoy
[9] [10] [11] [12]
Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia
(Savoy)
6 December 1792 20 June 18121814
husband's accession
15 September 1840Francis IV
Adelgunde of Bavaria
[13] [14]
Louis I of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
19 March 1823 20 March 1842 21 January 1846
husband's accession
11 June 1859
Conquest by Sardinia
28 January 1914Francis V

Notes and References

  1. Lady of Modena.
  2. Also Marquise consort of Ferrara.
  3. Also Lady of Reggio.
  4. Also Marquise consort of Este.
  5. Also Marquise consort of Ancona.
  6. Also Duchess consort of Ferrara.
  7. Also Duchess consort of Reggio.
  8. Also Duchess consort of Mirandola.
  9. Also Duchess consort of Massa.
  10. Also Princess consort of Carrara.
  11. Also Princess consort of Lunigiana.
  12. Also The Archduchess of Austria-Este.
  13. Also Jacobite Queen consort of England, of Ireland, of Scots, and France.
  14. Also Duchess consort of Guastalla.