THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 1288–1597

Este state: Ferrara, Modena and Reggio

The lands of the House of Este: Ferrara, a papal fief, from Obizzo II's acclamation as perpetual lord in 1264, and the imperial fiefs of Modena (1288) and Reggio (1289; lost 1306–1409), with the Garfagnana from 1429. Ferrara was a duchy from 1471.

When Alfonso II died without a legitimate heir in 1597 the pope took Ferrara back and the Este kept Modena and Reggio.

See Este state: Ferrara, Modena and Reggio on the map in 1288

On the map
1288–1597
Capital
Ferrara

Rulers named in the sources

Western and central European states, 430–1956

States of western and central Europe: the Irish kingdoms of Meath, Osraige, Breifne, Thomond, Desmond and Tyrconnell, Pictish Fortriu, the Welsh kingdoms of Dyfed, Ceredigion and Deheubarth, Elmet, the taifas of Málaga, Majorca and Menorca, the prince-bishoprics of Liège and Utrecht, Guelders, Brabant, Namur, Limburg, Luxembourg, Cleves and Jülich, Bar and Provence, the Electoral Palatinate, Mainz, Hesse, the Welf principalities, Württemberg, Baden, Ansbach, Bayreuth, Nuremberg, Salzburg, Meissen, Saxe-Wittenberg, Saxe-Lauenburg, Oldenburg and Pomerania, the Visconti, Gonzaga, Este, Montefeltro and Appiani states, Siena, Lucca and Gaeta, and in the 20th century the four occupation zones of Germany, the Saar Protectorate and the Free Territory of Trieste.

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