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Paternal Family Tree: Obertenghi aka Welf
On 21st July 1476 Alfonso Este I Duke Ferrara, Modena and Reggio was born to Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara (age 44).
In January 1491 Alfonso Este I Duke Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (age 14) and Anne Sforza (age 14) were married. She the daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza 5th Duke Milan and Bona of Savoy (age 41). He the son of Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara (age 59).
On 12th January 1491 a double wedding ceremony was held between the Este and Visconti families of Milan. Leonardo da Vinci orchestrated the celebrations.
Alfonso Este I Duke Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (age 14) and Anne Sforza (age 14) were married fourteen years after their bethrothal. She the daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza 5th Duke Milan and Bona of Savoy (age 41). He the son of Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara (age 59).
Ludovico Sforza Duke Milan (age 38) and Beatrice Este (age 15) were married. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara. He the son of Francesco Sforza I Duke Milan and Bianca Maria Visconti.
In 1494 Maximilian Habsburg I Holy Roman Emperor (age 34) and [his sister-in-law] Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress (age 22) were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress. She the daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza 5th Duke Milan and [his mother-in-law] Bona of Savoy (age 44). He the son of Frederick "Peaceful or Fat" Habsburg III Holy Roman Emperor and Eleanor Aviz Holy Roman Empress. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 21st October 1494 [his brother-in-law] Gian Galeazzo Sforza 6th Duke Milan (age 25) died. His uncle Ludovico (age 42) succeeded Duke Milan.
On 30th November 1497 [his wife] Anne Sforza (age 21) died in childbirth.
In 1501 Alfonso Este I Duke Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (age 24) and Lucrezia Borgia (age 20) were married. He the son of Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara (age 69).
On 15th June 1505 [his father] Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara (age 73) died. His son Alfonso (age 28) succeeded I Duke Ferrara.
On 5th April 1508 [his son] Ercole Este II Duke Ferrara was born to Alfonso Este I Duke Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (age 31) and [his wife] Lucrezia Borgia (age 27).
On 24th June 1519 [his wife] Lucrezia Borgia (age 39) died.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 10th March 1527 [his illegitimate son] Alfonso Este Lord Montecchio was born illegitimately to Alfonso Este I Duke Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (age 50).
In April 1528 [his son] Ercole Este II Duke Ferrara (age 19) and [his daughter-in-law] Renée of France Duchess of Ferrara (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Louis XII King France and Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France (age 51). He the son of Alfonso Este I Duke Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (age 51) and [his former wife] Lucrezia Borgia.
1534. Dosso Dossi (age 45). Portrait of Alfonso Este I Duke Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (age 57) as a Knight of the Order of Saint Michael.
On 31st October 1534 Alfonso Este I Duke Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (age 58) died. His son [his son] Ercole (age 26) succeeded II Duke Ferrara. [his daughter-in-law] Renée of France Duchess of Ferrara (age 24) by marriage Duchess Ferrara.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Obizzo Este II Marquis of Ferrara
Great x 3 Grandfather: Aldobrandino Este II Marquis of Ferrara
Great x 2 Grandfather: Obizzo Este III Marquis of Ferrara
Great x 1 Grandfather: Alberto Este Marquis of Ferrara
GrandFather: Niccolò Este III Marquis of Ferrara
Father: Ercole Este I Duke Ferrara