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Issue Giulia d'EsteAlfonso III, Duke of ModenaLaura, Duchess of MirandolaLuigi d'Este, Lord of Montecchio and ScandianoCaterina d'EsteIppolito d'EsteNiccolo d'EsteBorso d'EsteForesto d'EsteAngela Caterina d'Este Children Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena Parents Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Camilla Martelli Similar Cesare d'Este - Duke of, Lucrezia de' Medici - Duchess, Cosimo I de' Medici - Grand Du, Camilla Martelli, Alfonso III d'Este - Duke of | ||
Virginia de' Medici (29 May 1568 – 15 January 1615) was an illegitimate daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Camilla Martelli. She was the Duchess of Modena and Reggio by marriage to Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena.
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Virginia was born on 29 May 1568, two years before her parents married. The only child of her parents' marriage, in 1581 she was promised in marriage to Francesco Sforza di Santa Fiora, but he chose instead to accept a Cardinal's hat from Pope Gregory XIII.
On 6 February 1586 Virginia married Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena, son of Alfonso d'Este, Lord of Montecchio, and Giulia della Rovere. They had ten children of whom three sons and a daughter would have progeny.
Virginia died on 15 January 1615; some said she was poisoned by her husband.