Sigismondo d' Este (September 1480 - August 9, 1524) was the youngest son of
Ercole I d'Este
Ercole I d'Este KG (English: ''Hercules I''; 26 October 1431 – 25 January 1505) was Duke of Ferrara from 1471 until 1505. He was a member of the House of Este. He was nicknamed ''North Wind'' and ''The Diamond''.
Biography
Ercole was born i ...
,
Duke of Ferrara
Emperor Frederick III conferred Borso d'Este, Lord of Ferrara, with the Duchy of Modena and Reggio in 1452, while Pope Paul II formally elevated him in 1471 as Duke of Ferrara, over which the family had in fact long presided. This latter territ ...
, and
Eleanor of Aragon, daughter of
Ferdinand I of Naples.
He grew up at the court of Ferrara. After his father's death, the title passed to his brother
Alfonso I d'Este
Alfonso d'Este (21 July 1476 – 31 October 1534) was Duke of Ferrara during the time of the War of the League of Cambrai.
Biography
He was the son of Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara and Eleanor of Naples and became duke on Ercole's death i ...
.
He was the head of the procession Ferrara who went to
Rome
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to take the future
Duchess of Ferrara,
Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia (; ca-valencia, Lucrècia Borja, links=no ; 18 April 1480 – 24 June 1519) was a Spanish-Italian noblewoman of the House of Borgia who was the daughter of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei. She reigned as the Govern ...
, wife of Alfonso I.
In contrast to
Ferrante d'Este
Ferrante d'Este (19 September 1477, Castel Capuano, Naples – February 1540, Ferrara) was a Ferrarese nobleman and condottiero. He was the son of Ercole I d'Este and Eleonora d'Aragona - he was named after his mother's father Ferdinand I of Napl ...
and
Giulio d'Este
Giulio d'Este (13 July 1478 – 24 March 1561) was the illegitimate son of Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. He is known for the conflicts he had with his half brother, Ippolito d'Este, which culminated in a failed conspiracy.
Biography
In t ...
, Sigismund never attempted to oppose the brothers Alfonso and Ippolito d'Este, but rather lived in their shadow. Sigismund often accompanied the Duke on his travels in and out of the duchy.
When the conspiracy organized by Ferrante and Giulio was discovered, the trial against the two and other conspirators took place in the palace of Sigismund.
Alfonso and Ferrante contracted syphilis between 1496 and 1497, but while the brothers were able to recover Sigismund was unable to lead a normal life.
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1480 births
1524 deaths
Sigismondo
''Sigismondo'' is an operatic 'dramma' in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa.
The opera was not a success and Rossini later re-used some of its music in ''Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra'', ''The Barber ...
Sons of monarchs