Alberto (V) d'Este (27 February 1347 – 30 July 1393) was
Lord of Ferrara and
Modena
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A town, and seat of an archbis ...
from 1388 until his death.
He was associated in the lordship of the
House of Este
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The original House of Este's elder branch, which is known as the House of Welf, included dukes of Bavaria ...
by his brother
Niccolò in 1361, becoming the sole ruler of Ferrara and Modena after the latter's death in 1388. He was the son of
Obizzo III d'Este, who had ruled in Ferrara from 1317 to 1352.
Alberto founded the
University of Ferrara in 1391. In the same year he married Giovanna de' Roberti (d. 1393). After her death, he married his mistress Isotta Albaresani.
He was succeeded by his legitimated son
Niccolò (III).
References
*
L. A. Muratori. ''Delle antichità Estensi''. 1717, Modena;
* G. B. Pigna. ''Historia dei Principi d'Este''. 1570, Ferrara.
* Antonio Menniti Ippolito, Este, Alberto V d', in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, XLIII, Roma 1993, pp. 295–297.
1347 births
1393 deaths
Alberto 5
Alberto 5
14th-century Italian nobility
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