Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena

Cesare d' Este (* October 8, 1552, † December 11, 1628 ) was the eldest son of Alfonso d' Este ( 1527-1587 ), Margrave of Montecchio, an illegitimate son of the Duke Alfonso I d' Este of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio.

Since the ( legitimate ) main line would die out with Alfonso II d' Este, put this as his cousin Cesare an heir. When the control at the death of Alfonso II on October 27, 1597 to be effective, Pope Clement VIII recognized her not because of extramarital birth of Alfonso Montecchios to, Ferrara settled in as a 1598 ceased fief and incorporated it in the Papal States. In the imperial fiefs of Modena and Reggio Cesare could begin his reign.

Cesare married on February 6, 1586 Virginia de ' Medici ( * May 28, 1568; † January 15, 1615 ), daughter of Grand Duke Cosimo I of Tuscany. The couple had ten children:

• Giulia d' Este (1588-1645),
• Alfonso III. d' Este (1591-1644), Duke 1628 ∞ 1608 Isabella of Savoy ( 1591-1626 ), daughter of Duke Emanuele I,
• Luigi d' Este (1594-1664), Marquis of Montecchio, Count of Scandiano,
• Laura d' Este (1594-1630) ∞ Alessandro Pico, Duke of Mirandola (1567-1637),
• Caterina d' Este (1595-1618),
• Ippolito d' Este (1599-1647),
• Niccolò d' Este (1601-1640) ∞ Sveva, daughter of Ferdinand of Avalos,
• Borso d' Este (1605-1657) ∞ Ippolita d' Este († 1656), his niece,
• Foresto d' Este (1606-1639),
• Angela Caterina d' Este († 1651), a nun.

• Duke (Modena and Reggio )
• Este ( noble )
• Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (17th century)
• Born in 1552
• Died in 1628
• Man