Este, Virginia d' (b. 1573?)

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Este, Virginia d' (b. 1573?)

Duchess of Modena. Name variations: Virginia de Medici. Born around 1573; daughter of Camilla Martelli and Cosimo I de Medici (1519–1574), grand duke of Tuscany (r. 1569–1574); married Cesare d'Este (1562–1628), duke of Ferrara (r. 1597), duke of Modena (r. 1597–1628).

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