Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara

Herausgegeben:Miller, Frederic P.; Vandome, Agnes F.; McBrewster, John

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Alfonso d'Este (21 July 1476 31 October 1534) was Duke of Ferrara during the time of the War of the League of Cambrai. He was the son of Ercole I d'Este and Leonora of Naples. In the first year of his rule he uncovered a plot by his brother Ferrante and half- brother Giulio d'Este, directed against him and his other brother Ippolito. In September 1506 a trial for Lese-Majesty and high treason was held and, as expected, the death sentence was passed, but just as Ferrante and Giulio were about to mount the gallows they were informed that the duke had commuted their sentence to life imprisonment. They were led away to two cells in the Torre dei Leoni. Ferrante died in his cell after 34 years of imprisonment, while Giulio held on until he was pardoned in 1559, after 53 years of imprisonment. After his release, Giulio was ridiculed in the streets of Ferrara for his outdated clothes and died in 1561.

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 72
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786130830359
• ISBN-10: 6130830351
• Artikelnr.: 29748207