Editing Duke of Ferrara and of Modena (section)

===[[House of Este]]===

====Partitions of Este territories under Este rule====
{|align="center" style="border-spacing: 0px; border: 1px solid black; text-align: center;"
|+ 
|-
| colspan=7 style="background: #def;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Este---> 
|- 
| colspan=1 rowspan="7" style="background: #def;" |'''Marquisate of Este'''<br>(940–1463)<br><small>(acquired <span style="background-color:#fed">'''Ferrara'''</span> 1187,<br>recovered 1240<ref>Ferrara was briefly lost to the Torelli family in 1222-1240.</ref></small>);<br><small>(acquired <span style="background-color:#ceb">'''Modena'''</span> 1288;<br>and <span style="background-color:#cbe">'''Reggio'''</span> 1289) </small>
| colspan=3 rowspan="2" style="background: #ceb;" |'''Marquisate<br>of Modena'''<br><small>(1st creation)</small><br>(1293–1361)
| colspan=3 style="background: #fed;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Ferrara--->
|-
| colspan=1 style="background: #fed;" |'''Marquisate<br>of Ferrara'''<br>(1293–1308)
| colspan=2 rowspan="4" style="background: #eee;" |<small>''Reggio to<br> [[Papal States]]''<br>(1306–1405)</small> 
|- 
| colspan=3 rowspan="2" style="background: #eee;" |<small>''Modenese Republic''<br>(1308–1336)</small>
| colspan=1 style="background: #eee;" |<small>''Ferrara to<br>[[Papal States]]''<br>(1308–1317)</small>
|-
| colspan=1 rowspan="2" style="background: #fed;" |'''Marquisate<br>of Ferrara'''<br>(1317–1405)
|-
| colspan=3 style="background: #ceb;" |'''Marquisate<br>of Modena'''<br><small>(2nd creation)</small><br>(1336–1361)
|- 
| colspan=4 style="background: #fed;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Ferrara--->
| colspan=2 style="background: #eee;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Reggio--->
|- 
| colspan=6 style="background: #fff;" |'''Marquisate of Modena, Ferrara and Reggio'''<br>(1405–1471)
|- 
| colspan=7 style="background: #fff;" |<small>Raised to:</small><br>'''Duchy of Modena, Ferrara and Reggio'''<br>(1471–1597)<br><small>(lost <span style="background-color:#fed">'''Ferrara'''</span> 1597)</small>
|-
| colspan=6 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---ModRe--->
| colspan=1 rowspan="10" style="background: #eee;" |<small>''Ferrara lost to<br> Papal States 1597''</small>
|-
| colspan=3 rowspan="2" style="background: #fee;" |'''Marquisate of<br>San Martino in Rio'''<br>(1490–1757) 
| colspan=2 style="background: #ace;" |'''Marquisate<br>of Montecchio'''<br><small>(1st creation)</small><br>(1562–1587)
| colspan=1 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Modena-Reggio---> 
|-
| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Modena-Reggio---> 
|- 
| colspan=1 style="background: #fca;" |'''Marquisate<br>of Lanzo'''<br>(1592–1652) 
| colspan=2 style="background: #fee;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---San Martino---> 
| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Modena-Reggio---> 
|-
| colspan=3 style="background: #fee;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---San Martino---> 
| colspan=1 rowspan="3" style="background: #ffc;" |'''Marquisate<br>of Scandiano'''<br>(1643–1725)
| colspan=1 style="background: #ace;" |'''Marquisate of<br>Montecchio'''<br><small>(2nd creation)</small><br>(1638–1713)
| colspan=1 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Modena-Reggio---> 
|-
| colspan=1 rowspan="3" style="background: #fbd;" |'''Marquisate<br>of Dronero'''<br>(1653–1734)
| colspan=1 rowspan="3" style="background: #fde;" |'''Marquisate<br>of Borgomanero'''<br>(1652–1734) 
| colspan=1 rowspan="2" style="background: #fee;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---San Martino---> 
| colspan=2 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Modena-Reggio---> 
|-
| colspan=2 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Modena-Reggio---> 
|-
| colspan=1 style="background: #fee;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---San Martino---> 
| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Modena-Reggio---> 
|-
| colspan=1 rowspan="2" style="background: #eee;" |<small>''Dronero inherited by<br>Birago di Vische family''</small>
| colspan=2 style="background: #fee;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---San Martino---> 
| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Modena-Reggio---> 
|-
| colspan=5 style="background: #fff;" |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!---Modena-Reggio---> 
|}

====Table of rulers====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2|Ruler!!Born!!Reign!!Death!!Ruling part!!Consort!!Notes

|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center"|[[Adalberto the Margrave|Adalbert ''the Margrave'']]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|Before 940
|align="center"|c. 940–951
|align="center"|951
|align="center"|[[Este, Veneto|Lordship of Este]]<br><small>''(part of the March of Milan)''</small>
|align="center"|''Unknown''
||Ruler of the Eastern March (or March of Milan), and founder of the Obertenghi family, direct ancestor to the [[House of Este]].
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center"|[[Oberto I]]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|Before 951<br><small>Son of [[Adalberto the Margrave|Adalbert]]</small>
|align="center"|951–15 October 975
|align="center"|15 October 975
|align="center"|[[Este, Veneto|Lordship of Este]]<br><small>''(part of the March of Milan)''</small>
|align="center"|[[Willa of Spoleto]]<br/>seven children
||Also Marquess of Milan. A son of his was the founder of the [[Malaspina family]]. 
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center"|[[Otbert II, Margrave of Milan|Oberto II]]
|align="center"|
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Before 975<br><small>Sons of [[Oberto I]] and [[Willa of Spoleto]]</small>
|align="center"|15 October 975–1014
|align="center"|1014
|align="center"|[[Este, Veneto|Lordship of Este]]<br><small>''(part of the March of Milan)''</small>
|align="center"|Railenda<br/>six children
|rowspan="2"|Also Marquesses of Milan. The sons of Alberto I founded the [[Pallavicini family]].
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center"|[[Adalbert I of Milan|Alberto I]]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|15 October 975–1002
|align="center"|1002
|align="center"|[[Este, Veneto|Lordship of Este]]<br><small>''(part of the March of Milan)''</small>
|align="center"|''Unknown''<br/>three children
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center"|[[Ugo, Margrave of Milan|Ugo I]]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|Before 1014<br><small>Son of [[Otbert II, Margrave of Milan|Oberto II]] and Railenda</small>
|align="center"|1014
|align="center"|(26 January) 1035<ref>Codice Diplomatico Padovano, 100, p. 134.</ref><br>[[Piacenza]]
|align="center"|[[Este, Veneto|Lordship of Este]]<br><small>''(part of the March of Milan)''</small>
|align="center"|''Unmarried''
||Also Marquess of Milan, and Count of Padua and Vicenza. Deposed in the same year of accession.
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center"|[[Albert Azzo I, Margrave of Milan|Alberto Azzo I]]<br><small>(Alberto II Azzo I)</small>
|align="center"|
|align="center"|Before 1014<br><small>Son of [[Otbert II, Margrave of Milan|Oberto II]] and Railenda</small>
|align="center"|1014–1029
|align="center"|1029<ref>Luciano Chiappini, ''Gli Estensi'', p. 19, Varese, 1988.</ref>
|align="center"|[[Este, Veneto|Lordship of Este]]<br><small>''(part of the March of Milan)''</small>
|align="center"|Adela<br>one child
||Also Marquess of Milan.
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center"|[[Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan|Alberto Azzo II]]<br><small>(Alberto III Azzo II)</small>
|align="center"|[[File:Alberto Azzo II d'Este.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|997<br>[[Modena]]<br><small>Son of [[Albert Azzo I, Margrave of Milan|Alberto Azzo I]] and Adela</small>
|align="center"|1029–20 August 1097
|align="center"|20 August 1097<br>[[Abbey of Vangadizza|Vangadizza]]<br><small>aged 99–100?</small>
|align="center"|[[Este, Veneto|Lordship of Este]]<br><br><small>Raised to:<br></small>[[Este, Veneto|Marquisate of Este]]
|align="center"|[[Kunigunde of Altdorf]]<br/>1036<br/>one child<br/><br/>Garsenda of Maine<br/>c. 1050<br/>two children<br><br>Vitalia Orseolo<br>one child
||First ruler to be known as Marquis. Also Marquess of Milan, and the founder of the [[House of Este]]. His son from his first wife, [[Welf IV]], is the ancestor of the [[House of Welf]].
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center"|[[Folco I d'Este|Folco I]]
|align="center"|[[File:Folco I d'Este.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|c. 1050?<br><small>Son of [[Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan|Alberto Azzo II]] and Garsenda of Maine</small>
|align="center"|20 August 1097–December 1128
|align="center"|15 or 22 December 1128<ref>''Annales Veronenses, Annales Sanctæ Trinitatis'', MGH SS XIX, p. 2.</ref><br>[[Abbey of Vangadizza|Vangadizza]]<br><small>aged 87–88 or 100–101</small>
|align="center"|[[Este, Veneto|Marquisate of Este]]
|align="center"|''Unknown''<br/>six children
||Also Marquess of Milan. Referenced as ''titular'', because, after Alberto Azzo II's death, the lands of the family were partitioned between the various branches of the family (including Malaspinas and Pallavicinis).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Obertenghi |url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/obertenghi_%28Enciclopedia-Italiana%29/ |last=Pivano |first=Silvio |encyclopedia=Enciclopedia Italiana |publisher=Treccani |date=1935 }}</ref>
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center"|[[Azzo III d'Este|Azzo III]]<ref>Muratori, L. A. (1717) ''Delle Antichità Estensi ed Italiane'', Parte I (Modena), p. 328.</ref>
|align="center"|
|align="center" rowspan="2"|After 1071<br><small>Sons of [[Hugh V, Count of Maine|Ugo d'Este, Count of Maine]] and Heria of Hauteville</small>
|align="center"|December 1128–c. 1142
|align="center"|After 1142<ref>In this year he made his will, according to Muratori, L. A. (1717) ''Delle Antichità Estensi ed Italiane'', Parte I (Modena), p. 330.</ref>
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Este, Veneto|Marquisate of Este]]
|align="center"|Aichiva<br/>one child
|rowspan="2"|Nephews of Folco, referenced in documents as ''marchese'',<ref>Muratori, L. A. (1717) ''Delle Antichità Estensi ed Italiane'', Parte I (Modena),</ref> proving, along with Azzo's numbering, that they may have co-ruled with their cousins.
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center"|[[Tancredo d'Este|Tancredo]]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|1128–c. 1145
|align="center"|After 1145<ref>Muratori, L. A. (1717) ''Delle Antichità Estensi ed Italiane'', Parte I (Modena), p.331</ref>
|align="center"|''Unknown''
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center"|[[Azzo IV d'Este|Azzo IV]]
|align="center"|
|align="center" rowspan="6"|c.1100?<br><small>Sons of [[Folco I d'Este|Folco I]]</small>
|align="center"|December 1128–c. 1154
|align="center"|c.1154<ref name="CP">''Chronica Parva Ferrariensis'', RIS, VIII, col. 481.</ref><br><small>aged 53–54?</small>
|align="center" rowspan="5"|[[Este, Veneto|Este]]<br><small>''(then included in the March of Milan)''</small>
|align="center"|''Unknown''
|rowspan="6"|Sons of Folco I, ruled jointly and with their cousins Azzo III and Tancredo.<ref name="CP"/> Obizzo I was the first lord of Ferrara and the last Marquess of Milan of the family. 
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center"|[[Bonifazio I d'Este|Bonifazio I]]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|December 1128–c.1165
|align="center"|c.1165<ref>Lastknown document from 1164, according to ''Codice Diplomatico Eceliniano'', XXVII, p. 39, quoting "Ex Tabulario Comitum Sambonifaciorum".</ref><br><small>aged 64–65?</small>
|align="center"|''Unknown''<br>two children
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center"|[[Folco II d'Este|Folco II]]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|December 1128–1178
|align="center"|1178<ref>Last document from 1173, according to Muratori, L. A. (1717) ''Delle Antichità Estensi ed Italiane'', Parte I (Modena), p.339</ref><br><small>aged 77–78?</small>
|align="center"|''Unknown''<br>one child
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center"|[[Alberto IV d'Este|Alberto IV]]<ref>His numbering includes the first marquis Alberto (d.1002) and the two Alberto Azzo, for which he may have counted them as ''Alberto II'' and ''Alberto III''.</ref>
|align="center"|
|align="center"|December 1128–1184
|align="center"|1184 (after 10 April)<ref>Last document from 1184, according to Muratori, L. A. (1717) ''Delle Antichità Estensi ed Italiane'', Parte I (Modena), p.326</ref><br><small>aged 83–84?</small>
|align="center"|Matilda<br>two children
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Obizzo I d'Este|Obizzo I]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|
|align="center"|December 1128–25 December 1193
|align="center" rowspan="2"|25 December 1193<br><small>aged 92–93?</small>
|align="center" rowspan="2"|''Unknown''<br/>one child <br/><br/>Sofia Lendinara<br/>five children
|-bgcolor=#fed
|align="center"|1187–25 December 1193
|align="center"|[[Ferrara|Lordship of Ferrara]]
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Azzo V d'Este|Azzo V]]<ref>The first more certain numbering for this name. He took this number considering the two Alberto Azzo as ''Azzo I'' and ''Azzo II'', beside his uncles Azzo III and Azzo IV.</ref>
|align="center" rowspan="2"|
|align="center" rowspan="2"|c. 1125<br><small>Son of Obizzo I and Sofia Lendinara</small>
|align="center"|c. 1140–1190
|align="center" rowspan="2"|c. 1190 (before 1193)<ref>He was already not present at the testament of his father (1193), according to Muratori, L. A. (1717) ''Delle Antichità Estensi ed Italiane'', Parte I (Modena), p.364.</ref>
|align="center"|[[Este, Veneto|Marquisate of Este]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Marchesella Adelardi<br/>1120<br/>two children
|rowspan="4"|Co-rulers of Obizzo I, both predeceased him. Azzo V as his son, and Bonifazio II as his nephew.
|-bgcolor=#fed
|align="center"|1187–1190
|align="center"|[[Ferrara|Lordship of Ferrara]]
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center"rowspan="2"|[[Bonifazio II d'Este|Bonifazio II]]
|align="center"rowspan="2"|
|align="center"rowspan="2"|Before 1178<br><small>Son of Folco II<ref>Muratori, L. A. (1717) ''Delle Antichità Estensi ed Italiane'', Parte I (Modena), p.360.</ref></small>
|align="center"|1178–1190
|align="center"rowspan="2"|1190
|align="center"|[[Este, Veneto|Marquisate of Este]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|''Unknown''
|-bgcolor=#fed
|align="center"|1187–1190
|align="center"|[[Ferrara|Lordship of Ferrara]]
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center"|[[Azzo VI of Este|Azzo VI]]
|align="center"|[[File:Azzo VI d'Este2.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|c. 1170<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of Azzo V and Marchesella Adelardi</small>
|align="center"|25 December 1193–November 1212
|align="center"|November 1212<br>[[Verona]]<br><small>aged 41–42</small>
|align="center"|[[Este, Veneto|Marquisate of Este]]<br><small>(with <span style="background-color:#fed">'''Lordship of Ferrara''' </span>)</small>
|align="center"|Sofia Aldobrandini<br/>1189<br/>two children<br/><br/>Sophia of Savoy<br/>before 1192<br/>one child<br/><br/>[[:it:Alice di Châtillon|Alice of Châtillon]]<br/>22 February 1204<br/>two children
||Son of Azzo V. Also Marquis of [[Ancona]] since 1209. In that year, the lordship of Ferrara was raised to a Marquisate.
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center"|[[Aldobrandino I of Este|Aldobrandino I]]
|align="center"|[[File:Aldobrandino I d'Este.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|c. 1190<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of [[Azzo VI of Este|Azzo VI]] and Sofia Aldobrandini</small>
|align="center"|November 1212–10 October 1215
|align="center"|10 October 1215<br>[[Ancona]]<br><small>aged 24–25</small>
|align="center"|[[Este, Veneto|Marquisate of Este]]<br><small>(with <span style="background-color:#fed">'''Lordship of Ferrara'''</span>)</small>
|align="center"|''Unknown''<br/>Before 1215<br/>three children
||Died prematurely, but with children. However, he was succeeded by his minor half-brother.
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center" colspan="7"|<small>''Regencies of [[:it:Alice di Châtillon|Alice of Châtillon]], Alberto da Baone, and Tisone da Camposampiero (1215–1219)''</small>
|rowspan="3"|In 1222, Azzo was deposed of Ferrara by [[:it:Salinguerra II Torelli|Salinguerra Torelli]], but recovered the city in 1240. Azzo VII raised two of the children of his half-brother, one of them being [[Saint Contardo of Este]].
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Azzo VII d'Este|Azzo VII ''Novello'']]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[File:Azzo VII Este.jpg|100px]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|c.1205<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of [[Azzo VI of Este|Azzo VI]] and [[:it:Alice di Châtillon|Alice of Châtillon]]</small>
|align="center"|10 October 1215–16 February 1264
|align="center" rowspan="2"|16 February 1264<br>[[Apulia]]<br><small>aged 58–59</small>
|align="center"|[[Este, Veneto|Marquisate of Este]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Giovanna Puglia<br/>1221<br/>four children<br/><br/>Amabilia Pallavicini<br/>1238<br/>no/two children
|-bgcolor=#fed
|align="center"|10 October 1215–1222<br><br>1240–16 February 1264
|align="center"|[[Ferrara|Lordship of Ferrara]] 
|-bgcolor="#fed" 
|align="center" colspan="8"|''Occupation of [[Ferrara]] by Salinguerra II Torelli (1222–1240)''
|-bgcolor="#def"
|align="center" rowspan="3"|[[Obizzo II d'Este|Obizzo II]]
|align="center" rowspan="3"|[[File:Obizzo II d'Este3.jpg|100px]]
|align="center" rowspan="3"|1247 or 1252<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Bastard son of [[Rinaldo d'Este (1221–1251)|Rinaldo d'Este]]</small>
|align="center"|16 February 1264–January/February 1293
|align="center" rowspan="3"|20 January or 13 February<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.genroy.fr/este.htm |title=Genroy : Modène et Ferrare |access-date=2017-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020191026/http://www.genroy.fr/este.htm |archive-date=2013-10-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 1293<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>aged 41 or 46</small>
|align="center"|[[Este, Veneto|Marquisate of Este]]<br><small>(with <span style="background-color:#fed">'''Lordship of Ferrara'''</span>)</small>
|align="center" rowspan="3"|Jacopina Fieschi<br/>1263<br/>three children<br/><br/>[[:it:Costanza della Scala|Costanza della Scala]]<br/>1289<br/>two children
|rowspan="3"|Grandson of Azzo VII, as bastard son of Azzo's son, Rinaldo. Between 1288 and 1289 he achieved the joining of the communes of Modena and Reggio to the Este's lands. After his death the lands were partitioned between his sons.
|-bgcolor=#ceb
|align="center"|1288–January/February 1293
|align="center"|[[Modena|Lordship of Modena]]
|-bgcolor=#cae
|align="center"|1289–January/February 1293
|align="center"|[[Reggio nell'Emilia|Lordship of Reggio]]
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center"|[[Azzo VIII d'Este|Azzo VIII]]
|align="center"|[[File:Azzo VIII d'Este.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|c.1265<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of [[Obizzo II d'Este|Obizzo II]] and Jacopina Fieschi</small>
|align="center"|January/February 1293–31 January 1308<ref name="Goldoni"/>
|align="center"|31 January 1308<br>[[Este, Veneto|Este]]<br><small>aged c.42-43</small>
|align="center"|[[Este, Veneto|Marquisate of Este]]<br><small>(with <span style="background-color:#fed">'''Lordship of Ferrara'''</span>)</small>
|align="center"|Giovanna Orsini<br/>September 1282<br/>three children<br/><br/>Beatrice of Sicily<br/>April 1305<br/>no children
|rowspan="4"|Children of Obizzo II. Initialliy Obizzo had recognized solely Azzo as his heir, but in April 1293 he made a new division of the inheritance with his brothers.
* Azzo kept Ferrara to himself;
* Aldobrandino took Modena;
* Francesco took Reggio.
* The three may have had co-rulership in the Marquisate of Este.
In 1306, Francesco was expelled from Reggio, and, similarly, Aldobrandino was expelled from Modena. In 1308, not long after Azzo's death, Ferrara also expelled the family form government. In 1317, the Este family organized a pro-Este revolt in Ferrara, and restored their rule in that city, where they officialized a co-rulership. Aldobrandino may have also stepped down from Este, where his nephew Bertoldo held complete control from then on.
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Aldobrandino II d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara|Aldobrandino II]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[File:Aldobrandino II d'Este.jpg|100px]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|c.1265<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of [[Obizzo II d'Este|Obizzo II]] and Jacopina Fieschi</small>
|align="center"|January/February 1293–1317
|align="center" rowspan="2"|26 July 1326<br>[[Bologna]]<br><small>aged c.60–61</small>
|align="center"|[[Este, Veneto|Marquisate of Este]]<br><small>(with <span style="background-color:#ceb">'''Lordship of Modena'''</span> until 1306<ref name="Goldoni">{{cite book|author=Claudio Maria Goldoni|title=''Atlante estense''|page=291}}</ref>)</small>
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[:it:Alda Rangoni|Alda Rangoni]]<br/>April 1305<br/>no children
|-bgcolor=#fed
|align="center"|1317–26 July 1326
|align="center"|[[Ferrara|Lordship of Ferrara]]
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center"|[[:it:Francesco d'Este (XIV secolo)|Francesco I]]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|c. 1290<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of [[Obizzo II d'Este|Obizzo II]] and [[:it:Costanza della Scala|Costanza della Scala]]</small>
|align="center"|January/February 1293–23 August 1312
|align="center"|23 August 1312<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>aged 22–23</small>
|align="center"|[[Este, Veneto|Marquisate of Este]]<br><small>(with <span style="background-color:#cbe">'''Lordship of Reggio'''</span> until 1306)</small>
|align="center"|Orsina Orsini<br>four children
|-
|bgcolor="#ceb" align="center" colspan="8"|''Modenese Republic (1306–1336)''
|-
|bgcolor="#cbe" align="center" colspan="8"|''Reggio occupied by the [[Papal States]] (1306–1405)''
|-bgcolor=#fed
|align="center" colspan="7"|<small>''Regency of [[:it:Fresco d'Este|Fresco d'Este]] (1308)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|Barred from succession (despite Ferrara wanting him to succeed his father), Fresco d'Este was appointed regent for his own son Folco, the designated heir of Azzo VIII. Fresco tried to appeal to the [[Papal States]] to regain his place, but Ferrara ended up temporarily absorbed by the Papal army.
|-bgcolor=#fed
|align="center"|[[:it:Folco II d'Este|Folco II]]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|c.1300?<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of [[:it:Fresco d'Este|Fresco d'Este]] and Pellegrina Caccianemici</small>
|align="center"|31 January - October 1308<ref name="Goldoni"/>
|align="center"|After 1312<br>[[Venice]]
|align="center"|[[Ferrara|Lordship of Ferrara]]
|align="center"|''Unknown''
|-
|bgcolor="#fed" align="center" colspan="8"|''Ferrara occupied by the [[Papal States]] (1308–1317)''
|-bgcolor=#fed
|align="center"|[[:it:Rinaldo II d'Este|Rinaldo]]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|c.1290?<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of [[Aldobrandino II d'Este|Aldobrandino II]] and [[:it:Alda Rangoni|Alda Rangoni]]</small>
|align="center"|1317<ref name="Goldoni"/>–31 December 1335
|align="center"|31 December 1335<br>[[Ferrara]]<br>aged 44–45?
|align="center|[[Ferrara|Lordship of Ferrara]]
|align="center"|Lucrezia Barbiano<br>one child
|rowspan="7"|Following a pro-Este revolt in Ferrara, the sons of Aldobrandino II (Rinaldo, Niccolò, Obizzo) and Francesco I (Azzo and Bertoldo) ascended together. Bertoldo kept Este for himself, and Niccolò and Obizzo recovered Modena.
|-bgcolor=#fed
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[:it:Nicolò I d'Este|Niccolò I]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[File:Niccolo I d'Este.jpg|100px]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|c.1290?<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of [[Aldobrandino II d'Este|Aldobrandino II]] and [[:it:Alda Rangoni|Alda Rangoni]]</small>
|align="center" bgcolor=#fed|1317<ref name="Goldoni"/>–1 May 1344
|align="center" rowspan="2"|1 May 1344<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>aged 53–54?</small>
|align="center"|[[Ferrara|Lordship of Ferrara]]
|align="center"rowspan="2"|[[:it:Beatrice Gonzaga|Beatrice Gonzaga]]<br>21 April 1335<br>no children
|-bgcolor=#ceb
|align="center"|1336–1 May 1344
|align="center"|[[Modena|Lordship of Modena]]
|-bgcolor=#fed
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Obizzo III d'Este|Obizzo III]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[File:Obizzo III d'Este2.jpg|100px]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|14 July 1294<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of [[Aldobrandino II d'Este|Aldobrandino II]] and [[:it:Alda Rangoni|Alda Rangoni]]</small>
|align="center" bgcolor=#fed|1317<ref name="Goldoni"/>–20 March 1352
|align="center" rowspan="2"|20 March 1352<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>aged 57</small>
|align="center" bgcolor=#fed|[[Ferrara|Lordship of Ferrara]]
|align="center"rowspan="2"|Jacopa Pepoli<br/>May 1317<br/>no children<br/><br/>[[:it:Lippa Ariosti|Filippa Ariosto]]<br/><small>''(lover until 1347)''</small><br/>27 November 1347<br/>ten children<br/><small>''(legitimized 1347)''</small>
|-bgcolor=#ceb
|align="center"|1336–20 March 1352
|align="center"|[[Modena|Lordship of Modena]]
|-bgcolor=#fed
|align="center"|[[:it:Azzo IX d'Este|Azzo IX]]
|align="center"|
|align="center" rowspan="2"|c.1300<br><small>Sons of [[:it:Francesco d'Este (XIV secolo)|Francesco I]] and Orsina Orsini</small>
|align="center"|1317<ref name="Goldoni"/>–24 June 1318
|align="center"|24 June 1318<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>aged 17–18</small>
|align="center"|[[Ferrara|Lordship of Ferrara]] 
|align="center"|Ricciarda da Camino<br>no children
|-bgcolor=#fed
|align="center"|[[:it:Bertoldo I d'Este|Bertoldo I]]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|1317<ref name="Goldoni"/>–21 July 1343
|align="center"|21 July 1343<br>[[Este, Veneto|Este]]<br><small>aged 42–43</small>
|align="center"|[[Ferrara|Lordship of Ferrara]]<br><small>(with <span style="background-color:#def">'''Marquisate of Este'''</span>)</small>
|align="center"|Domenica Pio<br>1324<br>two children<br><br>Caterina da Camino<br>July 1339<br>[[Ferrara]]<br>no children
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center"|[[:it:Francesco d'Este (1325–1384)|Francesco II]]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|June 1323<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of [[:it:Bertoldo I d'Este|Bertoldo I]] and Domenica Pio</small>
|align="center"|21 July 1343–13 December 1384
|align="center"|13 December 1384<br>[[Este, Veneto|Marquisate of Este]]<br><small>aged 51</small>
|align="center"|[[Este, Veneto|Marquisate of Este]]
|align="center"|Caterina Visconti<br>no children<br><br>Taddea Barbiano<br>three children||
|-bgcolor=#fed
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Aldobrandino III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara|Aldobrandino III]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[File:Aldobrandino III.jpg|100px]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|14 September 1335<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of [[Obizzo III d'Este|Obizzo III]] and [[:it:Lippa Ariosti|Filippa Ariosto]]</small>
|align="center" bgcolor=#ceb|20 March 1352–1352
|align="center" rowspan="2"|3 November 1361<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>aged 26</small>
|align="center" bgcolor=#ceb|[[Modena|Lordship of Modena]]
|align="center"rowspan="2"|[[:it:Beatrice da Camino|Beatrice da Camino]]<br/>1351<br/>two children
|rowspan="2"|
|-bgcolor=#fed
|align="center"|1352–3 November 1361
|align="center"|[[Ferrara|Lordship of Ferrara]] 
|-bgcolor=#fed
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Niccolò II d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara|Niccolò II ''the Lame'']]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[File:Nicolo II d'Este2.jpg|100px]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|17 May 1338<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of [[Obizzo III d'Este|Obizzo III]] and [[:it:Lippa Ariosti|Filippa Ariosto]]</small>
|align="center" bgcolor=#ceb|1352–26 March 1388
|align="center" rowspan="2"|26 March 1388<br>[[Ferrara]]<br>aged 49
|align="center" bgcolor=#ceb|[[Modena|Lordship of Modena]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Verde della Scala<br/>February 1363<br/>two children
|rowspan="2"|
|-bgcolor=#fed
|align="center"|3 November 1361–26 March 1388
|align="center"|[[Ferrara|Lordship of Ferrara]]
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center"|[[Azzo X d'Este|Azzo X]]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|1344<br>[[Este, Veneto|Este]]<br><small>Son of Francesco II and Taddea Barbiano</small>
|align="center"|13 December 1384–1415
|align="center"|1415<br>[[Venice]]<br><small>aged 42–43</small>
|align="center"|[[Este, Veneto|Marquisate of Este]]
|align="center"|Tommasina Guarnioni<br><br>Ricciarda da Camino<br><br>Amabilia Collalto<br><br>three children<br><small>''(uncertain maternity)''</small>
||In 1393, he challenged the succession of Niccolò III in Ferrara.
|-bgcolor=#fed
|align="center"|[[Alberto d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara|Alberto V]]
|align="center"|[[File:Alberto V d'Este facciata Cattedrale Ferrara.JPG|100px]]
|align="center"|27 February 1347<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of [[Obizzo III d'Este|Obizzo III]] and Jacopa Pepoli</small>
|align="center"|26 March 1388–30 July 1393
|align="center"|30 July 1393<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>aged 46</small>
|align="center"|[[Ferrara|Lordship of Ferrara]]<br><small>(with <span style="background-color:#ceb">'''Lordship of Modena'''</span>)</small>
|align="center"|Giovanna da Roberti<br/>1388<br/>no children<br/><br/>Isotta Albaresani<br/><small>''(lover until 1393)''</small><br/>1393<br/>one child<br/><small>''(legitimized 1393)''</small>
||
|-bgcolor=#fed
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara|Niccolò III]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[File:Ferrara - Statua di Niccolo III d'Este 2.jpg|100px]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|9 November 1383<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of [[Alberto d'Este|Alberto V]] and Isotta Albaresani</small>
|align="center"|30 July 1393–6 December 1441
|align="center"rowspan="2"|6 December 1441<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>aged 58</small>
|align="center"|[[Ferrara|Lordship of Ferrara]]<br><small>(with <span style="background-color:#ceb">'''Lordship of Modena'''</span>)</small>
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Gigliola da Carrara]]<br/>1394<br/>no children<br/><br/>[[Parisina Malatesta|Laura (Parisina) Malatesta]]<br/>1418<br/>three children<br/><br/>[[Ricciarda, Marchioness of Saluzzo|Ricciarda of Saluzzo]]<br/>1429 or 1431<br/>two children
|rowspan="2"|Recovered Reggio in 1405.
|-bgcolor=#cbe
|align="center"|1405–6 December 1441
|align="center"|[[Reggio nell'Emilia|Lordship of Reggio]]
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center"|[[Taddeo d'Este|Taddeo]]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|1390<br>[[Este, Veneto|Este]]<br><small>Son of [[Azzo X d'Este|Azzo X]] </small>
|align="center"|1415–21 June 1448
|align="center"|21 June 1448<br>[[Mozzanica]]<br><small>aged 43</small>
|align="center"|[[Este, Veneto|Marquisate of Este]]
|align="center"|Margherita Pio<br/>two children<br/><br/>Maddalena Arcelli<br/>no children||
|-bgcolor=#fed
|align="center"|[[Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara|Leonello]]
|align="center"|[[File:Pisanello 015.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|21 September 1407<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Bastard son of [[Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara|Niccolò III]] and [[Stella de' Tolomei]]</small>
|align="center"|6 December 1441–1 October 1450
|align="center"|1 October 1450<br>[[Voghiera]]<br><small>aged 43</small>
|align="center"|[[Ferrara|Lordship of Ferrara]]<br><small>(with <span style="background-color:#ceb">'''Lordship of Modena'''</span> and <span style="background-color:#cbe">'''Lordship of Reggio'''</span>)</small>
|align="center"|Margherita Gonzaga<br/>1435<br/>one child<br/><br/>Maria of Naples<br/>1444<br/>no children||
|-bgcolor=#def
|align="center"|[[Bertoldo II d'Este|Bertoldo II]]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|May 1434<br>[[Este, Veneto|Este]]<br><small>Son of [[Taddeo d'Este|Taddeo]] and Margherita Pio</small>
|align="center"|21 June 1448–4 November 1463
|align="center"|4 November 1463<br>[[Corinth]]<br><small>aged 29</small>
|align="center"|[[Este, Veneto|Marquisate of Este]]
|align="center"|Giacopa Leonessa<br/>no children
||Left no descendants. After his death the original possessions of the family (marquisate of Este) were annexed to Ferrara.
|-bgcolor=#def
|colspan=8 align="center"|''The Marquisate of Este was definitively annexed to Modena-Ferrara-Reggio''
|-bgcolor=#fff
|align="center" rowspan="2"|'''[[Borso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara|Borso]]'''
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[File:Portrait of Borso d'Este.png|100px]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|24 August 1413<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Bastard son of [[Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara|Niccolò III]] and [[Stella de' Tolomei]] </small>
|align="center" bgcolor=#fed|1 October 1450–1452
|align="center" rowspan="2"|18 May 1471<br><small>aged 57</small>
|align="center" bgcolor=#fed|[[Ferrara|Lordship of Ferrara]]<br><small>(with <span style="background-color:#ceb">'''Lordship of Modena'''</span> and <span style="background-color:#cbe">'''Lordship of Reggio'''</span>)</small>
|align="center" rowspan="2"|''Unmarried''
|rowspan="2"|Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1452, Duke of Ferrara from 1471.<ref name="Tuohy">{{cite book|last1=Tuohy|first1=Thomas|title=Herculean Ferrara : Ercole d'Este, 1471-1505, and the invention of a Ducal capital|date=2002|publisher=Cambridge University Press, published with the assistance of the Istituto di Studi Rinascimentali, Ferrara|location=Cambridge|isbn=978-0521522632|page=211|edition=1st pbk.}}</ref>
|-bgcolor=#fff
|align="center"|1452–18 May 1471
|align="center"|'''[[Ferrara|Duchy of Ferrara]], [[Modena]] and [[Reggio nell'Emilia|Reggio]]'''<br><small>(1452–1471)</small>
|-bgcolor=#fff
|align="center"|'''[[Ercole d'Este I|Ercole I ''the Fearless'']]'''
|align="center"|[[File:Ercole I d'Este.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|26 October 1431<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of [[Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara|Niccolò III]] and [[Ricciarda, Marchioness of Saluzzo|Ricciarda of Saluzzo]] </small>
|align="center"|18 May 1471–15 June 1505
|align="center"|15 June 1505<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>aged 73</small>
|align="center"|'''[[Ferrara|Duchy of Ferrara]], [[Modena]] and [[Reggio nell'Emilia|Reggio]]'''
|align="center"|'''[[Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara|Eleanor of Naples]]'''<br/>July 1473<br/>six children
||
|-bgcolor=#fee
|align="center"|[[Sigismondo d'Este (1433–1507)|Sigismondo I]]
|align="center"|[[File:Sperandio, Sigismondo d'Este, 1433-1507, Son of Niccolo III d'Este, probably 1463-1477, NGA 44525.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|31 August 1433<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of [[Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara|Niccolò III]] and [[Ricciarda, Marchioness of Saluzzo|Ricciarda of Saluzzo]]</small> 
|align="center"|11 May 1501–1 April 1507
|align="center"|1 April 1507<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>aged 73</small>
|align="center"|[[San Martino in Rio|Lordship of San Martino in Rio]]
|align="center"|Pizzocara<br/>three children
||Received the lordship based at [[San Martino in Rio]] from his brother.
|-bgcolor=#fff
|align="center"|'''[[Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara|Alfonso I ''the Artilleryman'']]'''
|align="center"|[[File:Portrait of Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1476–1534), by Battista Dossi.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|21 July 1476<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of [[Ercole d'Este I|Ercole I]] and [[Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara|Eleanor of Naples]]</small>
|align="center"|15 June 1505–31 October 1534
|align="center"|31 October 1534<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>aged 58</small>
|align="center"|'''[[Ferrara|Duchy of Ferrara]], [[Modena]] and [[Reggio nell'Emilia|Reggio]]'''
|align="center"|[[Anna Sforza|Anna Maria Sforza]]<br/>23 January 1491<br>[[Pavia]]<br/>no children<br><br>'''[[Lucrezia Borgia]]'''<br/>1 September 1501<br>[[Ferrara]]<br/>seven children
||
|-bgcolor=#fee
|align="center"|[[:it:Ercole d'Este (1470–1523)|Ercole]]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|c.1470<br><small>Bastard son of [[Sigismondo d'Este (1433–1507)|Sigismondo I]] and Cecilia Rachesi</small>
|align="center"|1 April 1507–1523
|align="center"|1523<br>[[Castellarano]]<br><small>aged 52–53</small>
|align="center"|[[San Martino in Rio|Lordship of San Martino in Rio]]
|align="center"|[[:it:Angela Sforza|Angela Sforza]]<br/>28 November 1492<br>two children
||
|-bgcolor=#fee
|align="center"|[[:it:Sigismondo II d'Este|Sigismondo II]]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|1493<br><small>Son of [[:it:Ercole d'Este (1470–1523)|Ercole]] and [[:it:Angela Sforza|Angela Sforza]]</small>
|align="center"|1523–1561
|align="center"|1561<br>[[Pavia]]<br><small>aged 67–68</small>
|align="center"|[[San Martino in Rio|Lordship of San Martino in Rio]]
|align="center"|[[:it:Giustina Trivulzio|Giustina Trivulzio]]<br/>1533<br>six children||
|-bgcolor=#ace
|align="center"|[[Alfonso d'Este, Lord of Montecchio|Alfonso]]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|10 March 1527<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Bastard son of [[Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara|Alfonso I]] and [[Laura Dianti]]</small>
|align="center"|28 August 1533–1 November 1587
|align="center"|1 November 1587<br>[[Ferrara]]<br>aged 50
|align="center"|[[Montecchio Emilia|Lordship of Montecchio]]<br><small>(1533–1562)</small><br><br>[[Montecchio Emilia|Marquisate of Montecchio]]<br><small>(1562–1587)</small>
|align="center"|[[Giulia Della Rovere]]<br/>3 January 1549<br>three children
||Inherited from his father the lordship of Montecchio, which was raised to marquisate in 1569.
|-bgcolor=#fff
|align="center"|'''[[Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara|Ercole II]]'''
|align="center"|[[File:ErcoleIId'Este.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|5 April 1508<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of [[Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara|Alfonso I]] and [[Lucrezia Borgia]]</small>
|align="center"|31 October 1534–3 October 1559
|align="center"|3 October 1559<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>aged 51</small>
|align="center"|'''[[Ferrara|Duchy of Ferrara]], [[Modena]] and [[Reggio nell'Emilia|Reggio]]'''
|align="center"|'''[[Renée of France]]'''<br/>28 June 1528<br>[[Paris]]<br/>five children||
|-bgcolor=#fff
|align="center"|'''[[Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara|Alfonso II]]'''
|align="center"|[[File:Alfonso II d'Este (1533–1597), Duke of Ferrara MET DT326979.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|22 November 1533<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of [[Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara|Ercole II]] and [[Renée of France]] </small>
|align="center"|3 October 1559–27 October 1597
|align="center"|27 October 1597<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>aged 63</small>
|align="center"|'''[[Ferrara|Duchy of Ferrara]], [[Modena]] and [[Reggio nell'Emilia|Reggio]]'''
|align="center"|'''[[Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara|Lucrezia de' Medici]]'''<br/>3 July 1558<br>[[Florence]]<br/>no children<br><br>'''[[Archduchess Barbara of Austria|Barbara of Austria]]'''<br/>5 December 1565<br>[[Innsbruck]]<br/>no children<br><br>'''[[Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara|Margherita Gonzaga]]'''<br/>24 February 1579<br>[[Ferrara]]<br/>no children 
||Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his cousin Cesare.
|-bgcolor=#fee
|align="center"|[[:it:Filippo I d'Este|Filippo I]]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|1537<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of [[:it:Sigismondo II d'Este|Sigismondo II]] and [[:it:Giustina Trivulzio|Giustina Trivulzio]]</small>
|align="center"|1561–13 December 1592
|align="center"|13 December 1592<br>[[Ferrara]]<br>aged 54–55
|align="center"|[[San Martino in Rio|Lordship of San Martino in Rio]]<br><small>(1561–1588)</small><br><br>[[San Martino in Rio|Marquisate of San Martino in Rio]]<br><small>(1588–1592)</small>
|align="center"|[[:it:Maria di Savoia (1556–1580)|Maria of Savoy]]<br/>20 January 1570<br>[[Turin]]<br>five children
||During his rule the lordship was raised to a marquisate (1588). Acquired in 1580 the marquisate of Lanzo.
|-bgcolor=#fee
|align="center"|[[:it:Carlo Filiberto I d'Este|Carlo Filiberto I]]
|align="center"|[[File:Ritratto in Armatura del Marchese Carlo Filiberto d'Este.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|1 November 1571<br>[[San Martino in Rio]]<br><small>First son of [[:it:Filippo I d'Este|Filippo I]] and [[:it:Maria di Savoia (1556–1580)|Maria of Savoy]]</small>
|align="center"|13 December 1592–26 May 1652
|align="center"|26 May 1652<br>[[Milan]]<br><small>aged 80</small>
|align="center"|[[San Martino in Rio|Marquisate of San Martino in Rio]] 
|align="center"|Luisa de Cárdenas<br/>1606<br>no children<br><br>Livia Marini Castagna<br/>no children
|rowspan="2"|Children of Filippo I, divided their patrimony. 
|-bgcolor=#fca
|align="center"|[[:it:Sigismondo d'Este (1577–1628)|Sigismondo]]
|align="center"|[[File:Ritratto di Sigismondo d'Este.png|100px]]
|align="center"|26 June 1572<br>[[Turin]]<br><small>Second son of [[:it:Filippo I d'Este|Filippo I]] and [[:it:Maria di Savoia (1556–1580)|Maria of Savoy]]</small>
|align="center"|13 December 1592–26 August 1628
|align="center"|26 August 1628<br>[[Turin]]<br>aged 56
|align="center"|[[Lanzo d'Intelvi|Marquisate of Lanzo]]
|align="center"|Francesca Charledes d’Antel d’Hostel<br/>1618<br>three children
|-bgcolor=#fff
|align="center" rowspan="2"|'''[[Cesare d'Este|Cesare]]'''
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[File:Cesare d’Este.jpg|100px]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|8 October 1562<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of [[Alfonso d'Este, Lord of Montecchio|Alfonso I, Marquess of Montecchio]] and [[Giulia della Rovere]] </small>
|align="center" bgcolor="#ace"|1 November 1587–27 October 1597
|align="center" rowspan="2"|11 December 1628<br>[[Modena]]<br><small>aged 67</small>
|align="center" bgcolor="#ace"|[[Montecchio Emilia|Marquisate of Montecchio]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|'''[[Virginia de' Medici]]'''<br/>30 January 1586<br>[[Florence]]<br/>ten children 
|rowspan="2"|Half cousin of Alfonso II. In 1598, the lack of recognition of his succession in Ferrara led to its annexation to the Papal States.
|-bgcolor=#fff
|align="center"|27 October 1597–11 December 1628
|align="center"|'''[[Ferrara|Duchy of Ferrara]], [[Modena]] and [[Reggio nell'Emilia|Reggio]]'''<br><small>(1597–1598)</small><br><br>'''[[Modena|Duchy of Modena]] and [[Reggio nell'Emilia|Reggio]]'''<br><small>(1598–1628)</small>
|-
|bgcolor="#fed" align="center" colspan="8"|''Ferrara definitively annexed by the [[Papal States]]''
|-
|bgcolor="#ace" align="center" colspan="8"|''Montecchio briefly annexed to Modena (1597–1638)''
|-bgcolor=#fee
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[:it:Filippo II Francesco d'Este|Filippo II Francesco]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[File:Filippo Francesco d'Este, Marchese di Lanzo (1621-1653) mit Hund, Kunsthistorisches Museum.jpg|100px]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|1621<br><small>First son of [[:it:Sigismondo d'Este (1577–1628)|Sigismondo, Marquis of Lanzo]] and Francesca Charledes d’Antel d’Hostel</small>
|align="center" bgcolor=#fca|26 August 1628–26 May 1652
|align="center" rowspan="2"|1653<br><small>aged 31–32</small>
|align="center" bgcolor=#fca|[[Lanzo d'Intelvi|Marquisate of Lanzo]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Margaret of Savoy<br/>30 November 1645<br>[[Turin]]<br>three children
|rowspan="2"|In 1652, reunited Lanzo and San Martino in Rio. Created, in 1646, the marquisate of [[Dronero]].
|-bgcolor=#fee
|align="center"|26 May 1652–1653
|align="center"|[[San Martino in Rio]]
|-
|bgcolor="#fca" align="center" colspan="8" |''Lanzo definitively annexed to San Martino in Rio''
|-bgcolor=#fff
|align="center"|'''[[Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena|Alfonso III]]'''
|align="center"|[[File:Sante peranda, ritratto di alfonso d'este (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|22 October 1591<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of [[Cesare d'Este|Cesare]] and [[Virginia de' Medici]]</small>
|align="center"|11 December 1628–11 July 1629
|align="center"|26 May 1644<br>[[Castelnuovo di Garfagnana]]<br><small>aged 52</small>
|align="center"|'''[[Modena|Duchy of Modena]] and [[Reggio nell'Emilia|Reggio]]'''
|align="center"|[[Isabella of Savoy]]<br/>22 February 1608<br>[[Turin]]<br/>fourteen children 
||In 1629, abdicated to his son, to enter in the [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin]].
|-bgcolor=#fff
|align="center"|'''[[Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena|Francesco I]]'''
|align="center"|[[File:Gemälde des Herzog von Modena Francesco I d' Este.png|100px]]
|align="center"|6 September 1610<br>[[Modena]]<br><small>Son of [[Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena|Alfonso III]] and [[Isabella of Savoy]] </small>
|align="center"|11 July 1629–14 October 1658
|align="center"|14 October 1658<br>[[Santhià]]<br><small>aged 48</small>
|align="center"|'''[[Modena|Duchy of Modena]] and [[Reggio nell'Emilia|Reggio]]'''
|align="center"|'''[[Maria Caterina Farnese]]'''<br/>11 January 1631<br>[[Parma]]<br/>nine children<br><br>'''[[Vittoria Farnese]]'''<br/>12 February 1648<br>[[Parma]]<br/>one child<br><br>'''[[Lucrezia Barberini]]'''<br/>14 October 1654<br/>one child
||Joined Florence and Venice against the Papal States in the [[Wars of Castro]], hoping to reconquer [[Ferrara]], with no success.
|-bgcolor=#ffc
|align="center"|[[Luigi I d'Este|Luigi I]]
|align="center"|[[File:Itratto di Luigi d'Este (1).png|100px]]
|align="center"|27 March 1594<br>[[Ferrara]]<br><small>Son of [[Cesare d'Este|Cesare]] and [[Virginia de' Medici]] </small>
|align="center"|1643–1 January 1664
|align="center"|1 January 1664<br>[[Modena]]<br>aged 69
|align="center"|[[Scandiano|Marquisate of Scandiano]]<br><small>(with <span style="background-color:#ace">'''Marquisate of Montecchio'''</span>)</small>
|align="center"|''Unmarried''
||Invested by his nephew with marquisate of Scandiano, and with it also came the old Marquisate of Montecchio. With no descendants of his own, he was succeeded by his nephews.
|-bgcolor=#fde
|align="center"|[[:it:Carlo Emanuele d'Este|Carlo Emanuele]]
|align="center"|[[File:Anthonis van Dyck 079.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|1622<br>[[Borgomanero]]<br><small>Second son of [[:it:Sigismondo d'Este (1577–1628)|Sigismondo, Marquis of Lanzo]] and Francesca Charledes d’Antel d’Hostel</small>
|align="center"|26 May 1652–24 October 1695
|align="center"|24 October 1695<br>[[Vienna]]<br><small>aged 72–73</small>
|align="center"|[[Borgomanero|Marquisate of Borgomanero]]
|align="center"|Paola Camilla Marliani<br/>1645<br>one child
||Inherited from his uncle, Carlo Filiberto I, the lands of [[Borgomanero]] and [[Porlezza]], creating a new marquisate.
|-bgcolor=#fee
|align="center"|[[Sigismondo III d'Este|Sigismondo III]]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|1647<br><small>First son of [[:it:Filippo II Francesco d'Este|Filippo II Francesco]] and Margaret of Savoy</small>
|align="center"|1653–28 August 1732
|align="center"|28 August 1732<br>[[Parma]]<br><small>aged 84–85</small>
|align="center"|[[San Martino in Rio|Marquisate of San Martino in Rio]] 
|align="center"|Maria Teresa of Monaco<br/>seven children
|rowspan="2"|Children of Filippo II, divided the patrimony. In 1720, the title of "marquess of Lanzo" ceased to exist.
|-bgcolor=#fbd
|align="center"|[[Carlo Filiberto d'Este (1649–1703)|Carlo Filiberto]]
|align="center"|[[File:Ritratto equestre di Carlo Filiberto d'Este.png|100px]]
|align="center"|1649<br><small>Second son of [[:it:Filippo II Francesco d'Este|Filippo II Francesco]] and Margaret of Savoy</small>
|align="center"|1653–25 July 1703
|align="center"|25 July 1703<br>[[Parma]]<br><small>aged 53–54</small>
|align="center"|[[Dronero|Marquisate of Dronero]] 
|align="center"|Thérese de Mesmes de Marolles<br/>six children
|-bgcolor=#fff
|align="center"|'''[[Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena|Alfonso IV]]'''
|align="center"|[[File:Duke Alfonso IV d'Este.png|100px]]
|align="center"|14 October 1634<br>[[Modena]]<br><small>Son of [[Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena|Francesco I]] and [[Maria Caterina Farnese]]</small>
|align="center"|14 October 1658–16 July 1662
|align="center"|16 July 1662<br>[[Modena]]<br><small>aged 27</small>
|align="center"|'''[[Modena|Duchy of Modena]] and [[Reggio nell'Emilia|Reggio]]'''
|align="center"|'''[[Laura Martinozzi]]'''<br/>27 May 1655<br>[[Compiègne]]<br/>two children||
|-bgcolor=#fff
|align="center" colspan="7"|<small>''Regency of [[Laura Martinozzi]] (1662–1674)''</small>
|rowspan="2"|
|-bgcolor=#fff
|align="center"|'''[[Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena|Francesco II]]'''
|align="center"|[[File:Francesco II duca di Modena.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|6 March 1660<br>[[Modena]]<br><small>Son of [[Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena|Alfonso IV]] and [[Laura Martinozzi]] </small>
|align="center"|16 July 1662–6 September 1694
|align="center"|6 September 1694<br>[[Modena]]<br><small>aged 34</small>
|align="center"|'''[[Modena|Duchy of Modena]] and [[Reggio nell'Emilia|Reggio]]'''
|align="center"|'''[[Margherita Maria Farnese]]'''<br/>14 July 1692<br>[[Parma]]<br/>no children
|-bgcolor=#ffc
|align="center"|[[:it:Luigi II d'Este|Luigi II]]
|align="center"|[[File:Gemälde des Luigi II von Este.png|100px]]
|align="center"|28 August 1648<br>[[Reggio Emilia]]<br><small>First son of [[Borso d'Este (1605–1657)|Borso d'Este]] and [[Ippolita d'Este]]</small>
|align="center"|1 January 1664–26 May 1698
|align="center"|26 May 1698<br>[[Modena]]<br><small>aged 49</small>
|align="center"|[[Scandiano|Marquisate of Scandiano]] 
|align="center" rowspan="4"|''Unmarried''
|rowspan="4"|Children of Borso, and nephews of Luigi I. Divided the inherited patrimony: Foresto abdicated of Montecchio to his younger brother Cesare Ignazio, but inherited his elder brother Luigi's property: after their deaths the patrimony was annexed to Modena.
|-bgcolor=#ffc
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[:it:Foresto d'Este|Foresto]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|
|align="center" rowspan="2"|20 April 1652<br>[[Modena]]<br><small>Second son of [[Borso d'Este (1605–1657)|Borso d'Este]] and [[Ippolita d'Este]]</small>
|align="center" bgcolor=#ace|1 January 1664–23 May 1680
|align="center" rowspan="2"|1725<br>aged 72–73
|align="center" bgcolor=#ace|[[Montecchio Emilia|Marquisate of Montecchio]] 
|-bgcolor=#dc8
|align="center" bgcolor=#ffc|26 May 1698–1725
|align="center" bgcolor=#ffc|[[Scandiano]]
|-bgcolor=#ace
|align="center" |[[:it:Cesare Ignazio d'Este|Cesare Ignazio]]
|align="center" |[[File:Ritratto di Cesare Ignazio d’Este.png|100px]]
|align="center" |1653<br>Third son of [[Borso d'Este (1605–1657)|Borso d'Este]] and [[Ippolita d'Este]] 
|align="center" |23 May 1680–27 October 1713
|align="center" |27 October 1713<br>[[Reggio Emilia]]<br>aged 59–60
|align="center" |[[Montecchio Emilia|Marquisate of Montecchio]] 
|-
|bgcolor="#ace" align="center" colspan="8" |''Montecchio was annexed to Modena''
|-
|bgcolor="#ffc" align="center" colspan="8" |''Scandiano was annexed to Modena''
|-bgcolor=#fff
|align="center"|'''[[Rinaldo d'Este (1655–1737)|Rinaldo]]'''
|align="center"|[[File:Modenese Court Painter - Rinaldo d’Este, Duke of Modena.jpg|133x133px]]
|align="center"|26 April 1655<br>[[Modena]]<br><small>Son of [[Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena|Francesco I]] and [[Lucrezia Barberini]] </small>
|align="center"|6 September 1694–26 April 1737
|align="center"|26 April 1737<br>[[Modena]]<br>aged 82
|align="center"|'''[[Modena|Duchy of Modena]] and [[Reggio nell'Emilia|Reggio]]'''
|align="center"|'''[[Duchess Charlotte of Brunswick-Lüneburg|Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]'''<br/>11 February 1696<br>[[Modena]]<br/>seven children
||Albeit declaring neutrality on the [[War of the Spanish Succession]], France invaded Modena and Rinaldo had to flee to [[Bologna]]. In 1707, German troops ousted the French and restored the throne to Rinaldo.
|-bgcolor=#fde
|align="center"|[[:it:Carlo Filiberto d'Este (1646–1714)|Carlo Filiberto]]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|1646<br><small>Son of [[:it:Carlo Emanuele d'Este|Carlo Emanuele]] and Paola Camilla Marliani</small>
|align="center"|24 October 1695–1714
|align="center"|1714<br>aged 67–68
|align="center"|[[Borgomanero|Marquisate of Borgomanero]] 
|align="center"|[[:it:Bibiana Gonzaga|Bibiana Gonzaga]]<br>1671<br/>one child
||
|-bgcolor=#fbd
|align="center"|[[:it:Gabriele d'Este|Gabriele]]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|1673<br>[[Turin]]<br><small>Son of Carlo Filiberto and Thérese de Mesmes de Marolles</small>
|align="center"|25 July 1703–1734
|align="center"|1734<br>[[Castelfranco Emilia]]<br><small>aged 60–61</small>
|align="center" bgcolor=#fbd|[[Dronero|Marquisate of Dronero]]<br><small>(with <span style="background-color:#fde">'''Marquisate of Borgomanero'''</span> from 1716)</small>
|align="center"|Clara Colomba Cobianchi<br/>two children
|rowspan="2"|After his death Dronero was inherited by the Birago di Vische family, and Borgomanero reverted to Modena.
|-
|bgcolor="#fde" align="center" colspan="8"|''Borgomanero was annexed to San Martino in Rio''
|-
|bgcolor="#fbd" align="center" colspan="8"|''Dronero inherited by the Birago di Vische family''
|-bgcolor=#fee
|align="center"|[[:it:Carlo Filiberto II d'Este|Carlo Filiberto II]]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|16 March 1678<br>[[San Martino in Rio]]<br><small>Son of [[:it:Sigismondo III d'Este|Sigismondo III]] and Maria Teresa of Monaco</small>
|align="center"|1732–30 April 1752
|align="center"|30 April 1752<br>[[San Martino in Rio]]<br><small>aged 74</small>
|align="center"|[[San Martino in Rio|Marquisate of San Martino in Rio]] <br><small>(1732–1747)</small><br><br>[[San Martino in Rio|Principality of San Martino in Rio]] <br><small>(1747–1752)</small>
|align="center"|Teresa Sfondrati<br><small>(1710–1773)</small><br/>1734<br>three children
||In 1747 the marquisate was raised to a principality. However, as he didn't have male heirs, after his death, the lands he ruled went to Modena.
|-
|bgcolor="#fee" align="center" colspan="8"|''San Martino in Rio definitively annexed to Modena-Reggio''
|-bgcolor=#fff
|align="center"|'''[[Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena|Francesco III]]'''
|align="center"|[[File:Modène, François-Marie III de.jpg|132x132px]]
|align="center"|2 July 1698<br>[[Modena]]<br><small>Son of [[Rinaldo d'Este (1655–1737)|Rinaldo]] and [[Duchess Charlotte of Brunswick-Lüneburg|Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg]]</small>
|align="center"|26 April 1737–22 February 1780
|align="center"|22 February 1780<br>[[Modena]]<br><small>aged 81</small>
|align="center"|'''[[Modena|Duchy of Modena]] and [[Reggio nell'Emilia|Reggio]]'''
|align="center"|'''[[Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans]]'''<br/>21 June 1720<br>[[Modena]]<br/>ten children
||As the duchy was bankrupted by the [[War of Polish Succession|Wars of the Spanish]], [[War of Polish Succession|Polish]], and [[War of Austrian Succession|Austrian Successions]], Francesco sold artworks of the [[Estense Gallery]]. He was a careful administrator, but most of the duchy's financial policy was in the hands of the Austrian plenipotentiary, Beltrame Cristiani.
|-bgcolor=#fff
|align="center"|'''[[Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena|Ercole III]]'''
|align="center"|[[File:Ercole III.jpg|100px]]
|align="center"|22 September 1727<br>[[Modena]]<br><small>Son of [[Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena|Francesco III]] and [[Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans]]</small>
|align="center"|22 February 1780–16 October 1796
|align="center"|14 October 1803<br>[[Treviso]]<br><small>aged 75</small>
|align="center"|'''[[Modena|Duchy of Modena]] and [[Reggio nell'Emilia|Reggio]]'''
|align="center"|'''[[Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa]]'''<br/>16 April 1741<br>[[Modena]]<br/>two children<br><br>''Chiara Marini''<br>1795<br><small>''(morganatic)''</small><br>one child
||In 1785 he founded the Atesine Academy of Fine Arts: during his reign arts and culture flourished. The [[Napoleonic Wars|French invasion]] forced him to flee to [[Venice]] on 7 May 1796. Later, French soldiers captured him there, robbing 200,000 ''zecchini'' from his house. Then he moved to [[Treviso]], where he died in 1803. The peaces of [[Treaty of Campo Formio]] (1797) and [[Treaty of Lunéville|Lunéville]] had assigned him territories in [[Breisgau]] in exchange of the lost Duchy, but he never took possession of them.

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