Obizzo III. d'Este

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Obizzo III. d'Este (* July 14, 1294 ; † March 20, 1352 ) from the Este family was lord of Ferrara from 1335 and of Modena from 1336 .

Obizzo was a son of Aldobrandino II. D'Este († 1326). He was married to Giacoma Pepoli, daughter of Romeo Pepoli , who died on March 3, 1341 , in his first - childless - marriage since May 1317 . In his second marriage, he married Lippa Ariosto on November 27, 1347, the daughter of Giacomo Ariosto and his long-time maitress, who died the following day.

The children Obizzos and Lippa Ariostos, who were born out of wedlock but were legitimized by the later marriage:

  • Beatrice d'Este (September 18, 1332; † 1387) ⚭ 1365 Waldemar I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst († 1367),
  • Alda d'Este (July 18, 1333; † 1381) ⚭ February 16, 1356 Luigi II. Gonzaga , Margrave of Mantua (1334-1382),
  • Rinaldo II. D'Este (October 10, 1334 - July 20, 1348),
  • Aldobrandino III. d'Este (14 September 1335 - 3 November 1361), since 1352 Lord of Ferrara and Modena,
  • Alisia (or 'Lisa') d'Este (* March 18, 1337 - † August 12, 1402) ⚭ 1350 Guido III Novello di Polenta
  • Niccolò II. D'Este (* May 17, 1338; † March 26, 1388), 1361–1388 Lord of Ferrara and Modena, ⚭ May 19, 1362 Viridis della Scala († 1394), daughter of Mastinos II. Della Scala ,
  • Azzo d'Este (March 14, 1340 - September 18, 1349)
  • Folco d'Este (* 1342; † 1356 or 1358)
  • Costanza d'Este (* July 25, 1343; † February 13, 1391) ⚭ May 2, 1362 Malatesta Malatesta (1327-1372),
  • Ugo d'Este (October 18, 1344 - August 1, 1370) ⚭ July 29, 1363 Costanza Malatesta († October 15, 1378), daughter of Malatesta Malatesta (and also his niece),
  • Alberto I. d'Este (February 27, 1347 - July 30, 1393), since 1388 lord of Ferrara and Modena.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heinrich Leo: History of the Italian States: Fourth part from the years 1268-1492 . Perthes, 1830, p. 475 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ^ Carl Ludwig Fernow: Lodovico Ariosto's life of the divine . Heinrich Gessner, Zurich 1809, p. 4th ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  3. ^ Adriano Cappelli: Cronologia, cronografia e calendario perpetuo: dal principio dell'era cristiana ai nostri giorni . Hoepli Editore, 1998, ISBN 978-88-203-2502-2 , pp. 469 (Italian, limited preview in Google Book search).
  4. ↑ a b Miroslav Marek: welf 9. In: genealogy.euweb.cz. 2003, accessed on August 7, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Obizzo III. d'Este
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lord of Ferrara and Modena
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1294
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1352