Italy: handbook for travellers First Part, Northern Italy and Corsica . 42. Route. 223 In 1288 Obizzo dEsle gained possession of the supreme power, which hisdescendants continued to enjoy. In 1452 Borso was created Duke of Modenaby Emp. Frederick III., and in 1470 obtained the title of Duke of Ferrarafrom Pope Paul II. The House of Este now soon attained the zenith ofits glory. Hercules I. (1471-1505) and his son Cardinal Hippolytus dEste(1479—1520) were the patrons of Ariosto, and Alphonso II. (1558—97) the pa-tron of Tasso (comp. p. 181). On the death of Alphonso II., without issue, thestate
Italy: handbook for travellers First Part, Northern Italy and Corsica . 42. Route. 223 In 1288 Obizzo dEsle gained possession of the supreme power, which hisdescendants continued to enjoy. In 1452 Borso was created Duke of Modenaby Emp. Frederick III., and in 1470 obtained the title of Duke of Ferrarafrom Pope Paul II. The House of Este now soon attained the zenith ofits glory. Hercules I. (1471-1505) and his son Cardinal Hippolytus dEste(1479—1520) were the patrons of Ariosto, and Alphonso II. (1558—97) the pa-tron of Tasso (comp. p. 181). On the death of Alphonso II., without issue, thestates of Modena and Reggio (but not that of Ferrara) fell to his kinsmanCesare dEste (1598), husband of Virginia de Medici, daughter of Grand-duke Cosmo I. of Florence. Hercules III. (d. 1803), who by the Peace ofLuneville lost Modena in 1801, was the last of the family of Este. Throughhis daughter Beatrice , who married Archduke Ferdinand , the duchy cameinto the possession of the younger branch of the House of Austria. Fran-cis V., the last duke, quitted his domini
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