Search results
Niccolò III d'Este (9 November 1383 – 26 December 1441) was Marquess of Ferrara from 1393 until his death. He was also a condottiero . Biography. Born in Ferrara, the son of Alberto d'Este and Isotta Albaresani, he inherited the rule of the city in 1393 when only 10 years old.
Niccolò III d'Este was Marquess of Ferrara from 1393 until his death. He was also a condottiero.
He became notorious in his time when in 1425 he murdered both his young wife, Parisina Malatesta, and his eldest son, Ugo d'Este, after discovering their love affair. 2 Yet Niccolò himself made adultery a lifelong career. The same pattern marked his treatment of a long-trusted associate, Giacomo Zilioli, and his son Zilio.
The military leader - condottiero in Italian - Niccolò III d’Este was born on this day in 1383 in Ferrara. He was the son of Alberto d’Este, Marquis of Ferrara, and became ruler of the city when he was just ten years old on the death of his father, under the protection of Venice, Florence and Bologna. A relative, Azzo d’Este, who was ...
Niccolò III d'Este (Ferrara, 9 novembre 1383 – Milano, 26 dicembre 1441) riuscì ad ampliare la zona di influenza di Ferrara e seppe mediare politicamente tra le potenze allora in lotta in Italia. Di lui si dice che avesse avuto moltissime amanti e il suo nome è legato alla tragica vicenda di Ugo e Parisina.
Azzo X d’Este contested Niccolò’s right to rule in Ferrara due to his illegitimate birth, even though Niccolò had been legitimated by his father. However, Azzo’s mercenary forces were defeated and Azzo himself taken prisoner and subsequently imprisoned thus removing the threat to Niccolò’s rule.
People also ask
Who was Niccolo III d'Este?
How did Niccol extend Estense control in the Romagna?
Who helped Niccol defeat Ferrara?
Why did Azzo X d'Este fight Niccol?
Niccolo D'Este (1383 - 1441) 1383: Niccolo III d'Este was the illegitimate son of Alberto I, Signore di Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (1388-93, born 1347 in Ferrara and dying at the same place 1393). Alberto married in 1388 Giovanna di Roberti, but it seems, that Niccolo stayed his only son - born before that marriage of his father by another woman.
