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Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara
1431Oct, 26

Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara

Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Italian politician (d. 1505)
Ercole I d'Este, KG (26 October 1431 – 25 January 1505) was Duke of Ferrara from 1471 until 1505. He was a member of the House of Este. He was nicknamed North Wind and The Diamond.

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