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Eleonora d'Este (1537–1581)

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Died
  
1581

Aunt
  
Claude of France

Parents
  
Renée of France

Grandparents
  
Louis XII of France, Anne of Brittany

Great-grandparents
  
Charles, Duke of Orléans, Francis II, Duke of Brittany, Margaret of Foix, Maria of Cleves

Cousins
  
Henry II of France, Francis III - Duke of Brittany, Madeleine of Valois, Charlotte of France, Charles II de Valois - Duke of O

Eleonora d'Este (19 June 1537, Ferrara - 19 February 1581) was a Ferrarese noblewoman. She was the fourth daughter of Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara and his wife Renée of France, the second daughter of Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany. She and her elder sister Lucrezia d'Este were the dedicatees of Torquato Tasso's poem O figlie di Renata (O daughters of Renata).

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Eleonora d'Este (1537–1581) Wikipedia