Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Sophia da Landinara [1] [2] [3] [4] | - | - | - | 1187 granted title | 25 December 1193 husband's accession | - | Obizzo I | |
Sophie of Maurienne [1] | Umberto III, Count of Savoy (Savoy) | 1167/72 | before 1192 | 25 December 1193 husband's accession | 3 December 1202 | Azzo VI | ||
Alix of Châtillon [1] [5] [6] | Raynald of Châtillon (Châtillon) | - | 22 February 1204 | November 1212 husband's death | 1235, or after | |||
Mabilla Pallavicini [1] [5] | Guido Pallavicini, Marquis of Boudonitza (Pallavicini) | - | 1238 | 1240 reconquest of Ferrara | 17 February 1264 husband's death | February 1264 | Azzo VII | |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
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Eleanor of Naples [9] [10] | Ferdinand I of Naples (Trastámara) | 22 June 1450 | 3 July 1473 | 11 October 1493 | Ercole I | |||
Lucrezia Borgia [9] [10] | Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI (Borgia) | 18 April 1480 | 2 February 1502 | 15 June 1505 husband's accession | 24 June 1519 | Alfonso I | ||
Laura Dianti [9] [10] | Francesco Boccacci Dianti (Dianti) | 1480 | after 1519 | 31 October 1534 husband's death | 25 June 1573 | |||
Renée of France [9] [10] | Louis XII of France (Valois-Orléans) | 25 October 1510 | 28 June 1528 | 31 October 1534 husband's accession | 3 October 1559 husband's death | 12 June 1575 | Ercole II | |
Lucrezia de' Medici [9] [10] | Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (Medici) | 7 June 1545 | 3 July 1558 | 3 October 1559 husband's accession | 21 April 1562 | Alfonso II | ||
Barbara of Austria [9] [10] | Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (Habsburg) | 30 April 1539 | 5 December 1565 | 19 September 1572 | ||||
Margherita Gonzaga [9] [10] | Guglielmo X Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (Gonzaga) | 27 May 1564 | 24 February 1579 | 27 October 1597 husband's death | 6 January 1618 | |||
Virginia de' Medici [9] [10] | Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (Medici) | 29 May 1568 | 6 February 1586 | 27 October 1597 husband's accession | 1598 Duchy confisicated by the Papal State | 15 January 1615 | Cesare | |
Margherita is an Italian feminine given name. It also is a surname. As a word, in Italian it means "daisy".
In 1452 Borso d'Este, then Marquis of Modena and Reggio, was raised by Emperor Frederick III with the title of Duke of Modena and Reggio. In 1471, Pope Paul II formally elevated him in as Duke of Ferrara, over which the family had in fact long presided.
Maria Beatrice of Savoy was Duchess of Modena by marriage to Francis IV, Duke of Modena.
Virginia de' Medici was an Italian princess, a member of the House of Medici and by marriage Duchess of Modena and Reggio.
Margherita Barbara Gonzaga, was an Italian noblewoman, Duchess consort of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio between 1579 and 1597 by marriage to Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio. She was a significant cultural patron in Ferrara and Modena.
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Maria Beatrice d’Este was the last descendant of the House of Este, of the House of Cybo-Malaspina and, through her maternal grandmother Ricciarda, also of the House of Gonzaga of Novellara and Bagnolo. Ducal princess of Modena and Reggio, she became the sovereign duchess of Massa and Carrara from 1790 until 1796 and from 1815 until her death in 1829. Through her marriage, she was co-founder of the new House of Austria-Este.
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