Alphonso d'Este (1486–1534) was Duke of Ferrara during the War of the League of Cambrai. In 1510 he was excommunicated by Pope Julius II, who wanted to add Ferrara to the Papal States; Alphonso then fought successfuly against the Venetian and Papal armies, capturing Bologna, and played a major part in the French victory at the Battle of Ravenna. The term duke is a title of nobility which refers to the sovereign male ruler of a Continental European duchy, to a nobleman of the highest grade of the British peerage, or to the highest rank of nobility in various other European countries, including Spain and France (in Italy, principe... Ferrara, a town, an archiepiscopal see and a province in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. ... The League of Cambrai was a league against Venice formed in 1508 under the leadership of Pope Julius II. It included, besides the Pope, Louis XII of France, Emperor Maximilian I, and Ferdinand of Aragon. ... Events Conquest of Pskov by Grand Prince Vasili III of Muscovy. ... Excommunication is a religious censure which is used to deprive or suspend membership in a religious community. ... Pope Julius II Julius II, né Giuliano della Rovere (December 5, 1443 - February 21, 1513), was pope from 1503 to 1513. ... The Papal States (Gli Stati della Chiesa or Stati Pontificii, States of the Church) was one of the historical states of Italy before the peninsula was unified under the crown of Savoy. ... The Republic of Venice was a city-state in Venetia in Northeastern Italy, based around the city of Venice. ... Bologna (from Latin Bononia, Bulaggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po River and the Apennines. ... The Battle of Ravenna, fought on April 11, 1512, by forces of the Holy League and France, was a major battle of the Italian Wars. ...

Alphonso was one of the husbands of Lucrezia Borgia. He was one of the great patrons of art of his time: for him the elderly Giovanni Bellini painted The Feast of the Gods in 1514, his last completed painting. He turned to Bellini's pupil, Titian, for a sequence of paintings.In 1529 Alphonso created the most magnificent gallery of his time, in order to display his works of art against alabaster-veneered walls under a gilded ceiling [1] Lucrezia Borgia (or Lucrecia Borgia) (April 14 or April 18, 1480 - June 24, 1519) was the daughter of Rodrigo Borgia, the powerful Renaissance Spaniard who would later become Pope Alexander VI. Her brother was the notorious despot Cesare Borgia. ... The Doge Leonardo Loredan Giovanni Bellini (c. ... Titian. ... Alabaster (sometimes called satin spar) is a name applied to varieties of two distinct minerals: gypsum (a hydrous sulfate of calcium) and the calcite (a carbonate of calcium). ...

When Alfonso’s grandson [[Alphonso II d'Este, Robert Browning's duke of "My Last Duchess" [2], produced no male heir; the d'Este line died out; by law, the d'Este title and property reverted to the Pope; and the priceless art was dispersed Robert Browning Robert Browning (May 7, 1812 – December 12, 1889) was an English poet and playwright. ...

See also:

• Este

For Tolkiens fictional character, see Estë To know more about the city, see Este Este, Italian princely family, rulers of Ferrara (1240–1597), Modena and Reggio (1288–1796). ...

External links

• "Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara"
• "Reconstructing the Duke's private gallery"

References

• Taylor, Frederick Lewis (1973). The Art of War in Italy, 1494-1529. Westport: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-8371-5025-6.