List of Dukes of Ferrara and of Modena
In 1452 the Italian family of Este, Lords of Ferrara, were created Dukes of Modena and Reggio, becoming Dukes of Ferrara also in 1471. In 1597, they lost the succession of Ferrara itself to the Papal States. They continued to rule the Duchy of Modena and Reggio in the Emilia until 1796, when it became part of Napoleon Bonaparte's Cispadane Republic. In 1814 it was restored under the Habsburg grandson of the last Este Duke, continuing until it was annexed by Piedmont-Sardinia in 1859.
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Este Lords of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio
- Obizzo II d'Este 1264 – 1293
- Azzo VIII 1293 – 1308
- Aldobrandino II 1308 – 1326
- Obizzo III 1317 – 1352
- Niccolò I 1317 – 1335
- Aldobrandino III 1335 – 1361
- Niccolò II 1361 – 1388
- Alberto 1388 – 1393
- Niccolò III 1393 – 1441
- Leonello 1441 – 1450
Este Dukes of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio
- Borso 1450-1471 (Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1452, Duke of Ferrara from 1471)
- Ercole I 1471-1505
- Alfonso I 1505-1534
- Ercole II 1534-1559
- Alfonso II 1559-1597
Este Dukes of Modena and Reggio
- Cesare 1597-1628 (lost Ferrara in January 1598 and moved the capital to Modena)
- Alfonso III 1628-1629 (died 1644)
- Francesco I 1629-1658
- Alfonso IV 1658-1662
- Francesco II 1662-1694
- Rainaldo III 1694-1737
- Francesco III 1737-1780
- Ercole III 1780-1796 (d.1803)
Habsburg – Este Dukes of Modena and Reggio, 1814-1860
(from 1815 also Duke of Mirandola and from 1829 Duke of Massa and Prince of Carrara)
- Francesco IV 1814-1846
- Francesco V 1846-1859 (d.1875)
Habsburg – Este Dukes of Modena and Reggio, post monarchy
- Francis V (1859-1875)
- Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este (1875-1914)
- Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este (1914-1917)
- Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este (1917-1996)
- Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este (1996-Present)
- Amedeo, Archduke of Austria-Este
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