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Ercole II d’Este (5 April 1508 – 3 October 1559) was Duke of Ferrara Modena and Reggio from 1534 to 1559. He was the eldest son of Alfonso I d’Este and Lucrezia Borgia.Through his mother Ercole 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 the First Lady of the Renaissance and Cardinal Ippolito d’Este.
