Obizzo II d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara

Obizzo II d'Este (c. 1247; † February 13, 1293 ), was an illegitimate son of Rinaldo I d' Este, the only son of the Marquis Azzo VII, and a Neapolitan laundress. His mother had to leave with him shortly after his birth Ferrara and go to Ravenna.

1251 changed for Obizzo the situation, as Rinaldo, an opponent of Emperor Frederick II since 1238, together with his wife Adelaide da Romano was poisoned. Now Obizzo was the only descendant Azzos, the grandfather sat for his recognition a. Pope Innocent IV legitimized him in 1252, shortly after his mother had been drowned. In 1263 he married Giacomina († December 1287 ). She was a daughter of Niccolò Fieschi di Lavagna, niece of the Pope. After 1263 they brought as the first son of the later Azzo VIII to the world ( † January 31, 1308 ), four more children followed. Their daughter Beatrice married his second wife on June 24, 1300 Galeazzo Visconti I., the Signore of Milan. The second daughter Maddalena was first married to Aldobrandino Turchi from Ferrara, but with Raniero di Canossa. The second son Francesco died in 1312 during the war, the only surviving son was Aldobrandino II († 1326).

On February 7, 1264 Obizzo was appointed as Guelph to Signor of Ferrara, and entered the dominion under the acclamation of the "people " to. With him the communal era ended in the city. He had the city taken from the Ghibellines Salinguerra, however, changed as needed, the page. The Este built over the next three centuries, Ferrara from one of the leading economic powers and the cultural and arts center. 1288 he was appointed as Signore in the Ghibelline city of Modena and the following year in Reggio. Also two attacks in the years 1273 and 1288 could not stop him.

The widowed since 1287 Obizzo married in 1289 Costanza († 1306), daughter of Alberto I della Scala, the Signore of Verona. However, this marriage remained childless. In a tournament, he lost an eye. Maybe he was killed by his son Azzo VIII, no successor had been appointed.

His brothers Aldobrandino and Francesco fought over the succession, but finally agreed in outsourcing Azzo of Ferrara, Modena and Aldobrandino Francesco Reggio. This allegation is based on Lombard law, which provided for the division of an estate.

Dante saw him cooking along with other tyrants in the flow of blood him in his Inferno.