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Eleanor of Naples (Leonora or Eleonora of Aragon; 22 June 1450 – 11 October 1493) was Duchess of Ferrara by marriage to Ercole I d'Este. She was the first...

of the Capetian House of Anjou by birth. She was the third daughter of King Charles II of Naples and Mary of Hungary. Eleanor was firstly married in...

was Duke of Ferrara during the time of the War of the League of Cambrai. He was the son of Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara and Eleanor of Naples and became...

daughter of Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara and his second wife Lucrezia Borgia – as his first daughter, Alfonso named her after his mother Eleanor of Naples...

and Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. Alfonso of Aragon was an illegitimate son of the King of Naples and tradition has it that Lucrezia's brother Cesare...

Eleanor of Aquitaine (French: Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Éléonore d'Aquitaine, Occitan: Alienòr d'Aquitània, pronounced [aljeˈnɔɾ dakiˈtanjɔ], Latin: Helienordis...

a great-grandson of King Alfonso XI of Castile. In May 1534, two years after her father's appointment as Viceroy of Naples, Eleanor, her mother, and siblings...

fifth child and third daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of Florence (and since 1569 Grand Duke of Tuscany), and Eleanor of Toledo. Her paternal grandparents...

of Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany and was the fifth and last Duke of Ferrara. As a young man, Alfonso fought in the service of Henry II of France...

King Alfonso II of Naples. Isabella and Ferdinand had: Alfonso II of Naples (4 November 1448 – 18 December 1495) Eleanor of Naples (22 June 1450 – 11...

Prince of Antioch was the title given during the Middle Ages to Norman rulers of the Principality of Antioch, a region surrounding the city of Antioch...

Lady of Modena. Also Marquise consort of Ferrara. Also Lady of Reggio. Also Marquise consort of Este. Also Marquise consort of Ancona. Also Duchess consort...

aunt, Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy. Arrangements were made by Eleanor's maternal uncle Alfonso V, King of Aragon and Naples, who, in 1448...

Eleanor of Naples, wrote a letter to her friend Barbara Gonzaga describing the details of Isabella's birth in Ferrara. Eleanor was the daughter of Ferdinand...

list of rulers of the estates owned by the Este family, which main line of Marquesses (Marchesi d'Este) rose in 1039 with Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan...

of Naples, Count of Provence and Forcalquier (1285–1309), Prince of Achaea (1285–1289), and Count of Anjou and Maine (1285–1290); he also was King of...

the Merits of Women], written in the late 1480s, which was dedicated to Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara. Only one surviving manuscript of De laudibus...

married Archduchess Eleanor of Austria Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers (22 October 1539 - 23 October 1595). Father of Charles I, Duke of Mantua Cardinal Federico...

was a grandson of Pope Alexander VI, nephew of Cesare Borgia, and cousin of Saint Francis Borgia. Through his father, he was nephew of both Isabella d'Este...

Eleanor of Navarre (Basque: Leonor and Spanish: Leonor) (2 February 1426 – 12 February 1479), was a Navarrese princess and monarch. She served as the regent...