Este, Ricciarda d' Marquesa of Ferrara

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Este, Ricciarda d' Marquesa of Ferrara

Name variations: Ricciarda da Saluzzo. Married Nicholas also known as Niccolo III d'Este (1383–1441), 12th marquis of Ferrara, in 1431; children: Ercole I (1431–1505), 2nd duke of Ferrara and Modena (who m. Leonora of Aragon [1450–1493]); Sigismondo (1433–1507). Niccolo III was also m. to Parisina d'Este and had many illegitimate children: Ugo Aldobrandino (1405–1425); Meliaduse (1406–1452); Leonello (1407–1450, who was eventually legitimated and became the 13th marquis of Ferrara); Borso (1413–1471, 1st duke of Modena and Ferrara); Alberto (1415–1502); Gurone Maria (d. 1484); Isotta d'Este (1425–1456); Beatrice d'Este (1427–1497); Rinaldo (d. 1503); Margherita d'Este (d. 1452); Bianca Maria d'Este (1440–1506); Baldassare; and others.

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