List of Ferrarese consorts explained

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

Lady of Ferrara

House of Este, 1187–1264

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Sophia da Landinara
[1] [2] [3] [4]
---1187
granted title
25 December 1193
husband's accession
-Obizzo I
Sophie of Maurienne
Umberto III, Count of Savoy
(Savoy)
1167/72before 119225 December 1193
husband's accession
3 December 1202Azzo VI
Alix of Châtillon
[5] [6]
Raynald of Châtillon
(Châtillon)
-22 February 1204November 1212
husband's death
1235, or after
Mabilla Pallavicini
Guido Pallavicini, Marquis of Boudonitza
(Pallavicini)
-12381240
reconquest of Ferrara
17 February 1264
husband's death
February 1264Azzo VII

Marchioness of Ferrara

House of Este, 1264–1471

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Giacomina Fieschi
Niccolo Fieschi di Lavagna
(Fieschi)
-126317 February 1264
husband's accession
December 1287Obizzo II
Constanza della Scala
[7] [8]
Alberto I della Scala, Lord of Verona
(Scaliger)
-28 July 128920 February 1293
husband's death
after 27 April 1306
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 Malatesta
Andrea Malatesta, Lord of Cesena
(Malatesta)
1404 141821 May 1425
Ricciarda of Saluzzo
Thomas III, Margrave of Saluzzo
(Aleramici)
14101429/3126 December 1441
husband's death
16 August 1474
Margherita Gonzaga
Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua
(Gonzaga)
1418January 143526 December 1441
husband's accession
3 July 1439Leonello d'Este
Maria of Aragon
Alfonso V of Aragon
(Trastámara)
1425 13 April/20 May 14449 December 1449

Duchess of Ferrara

House of Este, 1471–1598

PictureName FatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathSpouse
Eleanor of Naples
[9] [10]
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
1598
Duchy confisicated by the Papal State
15 January 1615Cesare

Notes and References

  1. Also Marquise consort of Este.
  2. Also Marquise consort of Genoa.
  3. Also Marquise consort of Milan.
  4. Also Lady of Rovigo.
  5. Also Marquise consort of Ancona.
  6. Also Countess consort of Loreto.
  7. [List of Modenese consorts|Lady of Modena]
  8. Also Lady of Reggio.
  9. Also Duchess consort of Modena.
  10. Also Duchess consort of Reggio.