Beatrice d’Este
Duchess of Milan and Bari · Italy · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1475 to 1497 · aged 21
Beatrice d'Este was a noblewoman from Ferrara, duchess of Bari and Milan by her marriage to Ludovico Sforza. She was known as a woman of culture, an important patron of arts and science and a leader in fashion: alongside her husband, she made Milan one of the greatest capitals of the European Renaissance.
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Ercole d'Este, Beatrice's father, in a sculpture by Sperandio Savelli.
Bust of Ferrante of Aragon king of Naples, grandfather of Beatrice
Bust of Beatrice d'Este, Gian Cristoforo Romano, 1485-90
Beatrice at the age of ten by Cosmè Tura, 1485
Portrait of Ludovico il Moro, 1496.
The Rothschild Lady attributed to Bernardino de' Conti. Identified as a portrait of Beatrice. Late fifteenth century.
Probable portrait of Galeazzo Sanseverino, statue in the collection of the Great Museum of the Duomo of Milan.About this person
With her determination and bellicose nature, she led the Milanese resistance against the French during the first of the Italian Wars. Her interventions repelled the Duke of Orléans who was on the verge of conquering Milan.
