biography
pronunciation:
[airkohlay, destay
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| lived:
| (1508–59)
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| biography:
| Marquis of Este, then Duke of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio, born in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, N Italy. The son of Alfonso I and Lucrezia Borgia, he married Renata of France, daughter of Louis XII, in 1528. He joined the anti-imperial league with France and the Papal States in 1556, but then reached an agreement with Spain (1558) which guaranteed his domains, and was ratified the following year with the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis. |
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