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- ↑ Gli Este di San Martino in Rio.
- ↑ Condottieri di ventura Archived 2008-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Sassuolo 2000 | Newsletter gratuita Archived 2006-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Sigismondo d'Este - Arbre généalogique Franck Jacques - GeneaNet
- ↑ Ugo Caleffini (2006). Franco Cazzola (ed.). Croniche 1471-1494. Vol. Serie Monumenti - Volume XVIII. Ferrara: Franco Cazzola. Deputazione Provinciale Ferrarese di Storia Patria. p. 753. ISSN 0392-0313.
- ↑ Ercole d'Este - Arbre généalogique Franck Jacques - GeneaNet