Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena

Ercole III. Rinaldo d' Este ( born November 22, 1727 Modena, † October 14, 1803 in Treviso) was the third and eldest grown-up son of the Duke Francesco III. d' Este of Modena and Reggio.

Life

Ercole inherited the title and estates of his father at his death on February 22, 1780. Subsequently the French Revolution Ercole III was. issued on October 6, 1796. The two duchies were declared to Cispadanischen Republic, which merged into the Cisalpine Republic in the following year. The ducal family was compensated in 1801 by the Peace of Luneville with the Breisgau and the Ortenau. Ercole III died in 1803. d' Este as the last male member of the family. His daughter Maria Beatrice brought the inheritance to the Hapsburgs and became the founder of the line of Austria -Este.

Ercole III. was buried in the cathedral of Modena, his tomb was created by the sculptor Giuseppe Pisani 1808.

Marriage and issue

Ercole III. . was married on April 16, 1741 in Massa Maria Teresa Cybo ( born June 29, 1725 † December 25, 1790 ), daughter of Alberigo Cybo, Duke of Massa and Carrara, Massa and Carrara heiress of 1743 The couple had two children: