Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma

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Isabella d'Este
Isabella d'Este (1635–1666) Duchess of Parma after a portrait.jpg
Duchess of Parma
Tenure 18 February 1664 – 17 August 1666
Born (1634-10-03)3 October 1634
Ducal Palace of Modena, Modena
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Ducal Palace of Colorno, Parma
Burial 23 August 1666
Santa Maria della Steccata, Parma
Spouse Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma
Issue Margherita Maria, Duchess of Modena
Teresa Farnese
Odoardo, Hereditary Prince of Parma
Full name
Isabella d'Este
House House of Farnese
House of Este
Father Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena
Mother Maria Caterina Farnese
Religion Roman Catholicism

Isabella d'Este (3 October 1635 – 21 August 1666) was Duchess of Parma, and second wife of Duke Ranuccio II Farnese. She was the paternal grandmother of Elisabetta Farnese.

Princess of Modena

Isabella was a daughter of the Duke of Modena Francesco I d'Este and Maria Caterina Farnese, daughter of Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma. She was the sister of two Dukes of Modena, Alfonso IV d'Este (1634–1662) and Rinaldo (1655–1737). At the death of her mother, her father married again twice.

Duchess of Parma

After the death of his first wife Marguerite Yolande of Savoy, Ranuccio II married in 1663 his cousin Isabella. But the couple only met on 18 February 1664, when Isabella arrived in Parma. For this occasion, a grandiose celebration and musical spectacles were organised. The couples had three children all of which would survive childhood. Only the latter Odoardo, would have issue; he was the father of Elisabeth Farnese, queen of Spain and ancestor of most modern royalty.

But the birth of her son proved fatal to Isabella, who died of complications nine days later on 21 August, at Colorno. She was the paternal grandmother of Elisabeth Farnese, Queen of Spain. She was buried at the Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Steccata in the city of Parma on the 23 August. Her husband remarried in October 1668 to her sister Maria d'Este. By her he had a further seven children as well as the last two Farnese Dukes of Parma.

Issue

Ancestry

Family of Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Alfonso d'Este
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Giulia della Rovere
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Virginia de' Medici
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Camilla Martelli
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Isabella of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Philip II of Spain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Elisabeth of Valois
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Isabella d'Este
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Margaret of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Infante Edward, 4th Duke of Guimarães
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Infanta Maria of Guimarães
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Isabel of Braganza
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Maria Caterina Farnese
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Giorgio Aldobrandini
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Giovanni Francesco Aldobrandini, Prince of Carpineto
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Margherita Dal Corno
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Margherita Aldobrandini
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Pietro Aldobrandini
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Olimpia Aldobrandini, Princess Campinelli
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Flaminia Ferracci
 
 
 
 
 
 

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

  • 3 October 1635 – 18 February 1664 Her Highness Isabella d'Este, Princess of Modena
  • 18 February 1664 – 21 August 1666 Her Highness the Duchess of Parma

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