List of Dukes of Modena
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List of the Lords and Dukes of Ferrara and 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.
Este Dukes of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio
- Borso 1450–1471 became Duke of Ferrara in 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
- Alfonso III 1628–1644
- Francesco I 1644–1658
- 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)
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