Lady of Ferrara House of Este, 1187–1264 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Sophia da LandinaraAlso Marquise consort of Este.Also Marquise consort of Genoa.Also Marquise consort of Milan.Also Lady of Rovigo. - - - 1187granted title 25 December 1193husband's accession - Obizzo I Sophie of Maurienne Umberto III, Count of Savoy(Savoy) 1167/72 before 1192 25 December 1193husband's accession 3 December 1202 Azzo VI Alix of ChâtillonAlso Marquise consort of Ancona.Also Countess consort of Loreto. Raynald of Châtillon(Châtillon) - 22 February 1204 November 1212husband's death 1235, or after Mabilla Pallavicini Guido Pallavicini, Marquis of Boudonitza (Pallavicini) - 1238 1240reconquest of Ferrara 17 February 1264husband's death February 1264 Azzo VII
Marchioness of Ferrara House of Este, 1264–1471 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse Giacomina Fieschi Niccolo Fieschi di Lavagna (Fieschi) - 1263 17 February 1264husband's accession December 1287 Obizzo II Constanza della ScalaLady of Modena.Also Lady of Reggio. Alberto I della Scala, Lord of Verona (Scaliger) - 28 July 1289 20 February 1293husband's death after 27 April 1306 Giovanna Orsini Bertoldo Orsini (Orsini) - 1282 20 February 1293husband's accession 1302/04 Azzo VIII Beatrice of Anjou Charles II of Naples (Anjou) 1295 April 1305 31 January 1308husband's death 1335 Alda Rangoni Tobia Rangoni (Rangoni) - 1289 20 February 1293husband's accession September 1321 Aldobrandino II Orsina Orsini Bertoldo Orsini (Orsini) - - 23 August 1312husband's accession 20 February 1293husband's death - Francesco Gigliola da Carrara Francesco II da Carrara, Lord of Padua (Carraresi) 1379/82 June 1397 1416 Niccolò III Parisina Malatesta Andrea Malatesta, Lord of Cesena (Malatesta) 1404 1418 21 May 1425 Ricciarda of Saluzzo Thomas III, Margrave of Saluzzo (Aleramici) 1410 1429/31 26 December 1441husband's death 16 August 1474 Margherita Gonzaga Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (Gonzaga) 1418 January 1435 26 December 1441husband's accession 3 July 1439 Leonello d'Este Maria of Aragon Alfonso V of Aragon(Trastámara) 1425 13 April/20 May 1444 9 December 1449
Duchess of Ferrara House of Este, 1471–1598 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Eleanor of NaplesAlso Duchess consort of Modena.Also Duchess consort of Reggio. Ferdinand I of Naples (Trastámara) 22 June 1450 3 July 1473 11 October 1493 Ercole I Lucrezia Borgia Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI (Borgia) 18 April 1480 2 February 1502 15 June 1505husband's accession 24 June 1519 Alfonso I Laura Dianti Francesco Boccacci Dianti (Dianti) 1480 after 1519 31 October 1534husband's death 25 June 1573 Renée of France Louis XII of France (Valois-Orléans) 25 October 1510 28 June 1528 31 October 1534husband's accession 3 October 1559husband's death 12 June 1575 Ercole II Lucrezia de' Medici Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (Medici) 7 June 1545 3 July 1558 3 October 1559husband's accession 21 April 1562 Alfonso II Barbara of Austria Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor(Habsburg) 30 April 1539 5 December 1565 19 September 1572 Margherita Gonzaga Guglielmo X Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (Gonzaga) 27 May 1564 24 February 1579 27 October 1597husband's death 6 January 1618 Virginia de' Medici Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (Medici) 29 May 1568 6 February 1586 27 October 1597husband's accession 1598Duchy confisicated by the Papal State 15 January 1615 Cesare
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