Francesco II d'Este

Francesco II d'Este

Francesco II d'Este (1660-1694) was Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1662 to 1694.

He was born in Modena to Alfonso IV d'Este, duke of Modena, and Laura Martinozzi, niece of Cardinal Mazarin. His sister, Mary of Modena, married the future James II of England in 1673 and became queen of England in 1685.

He became duke at the age of two. His mother, pious and rigorous, served as his regent until 1674, filling state offices with clerics under the advice of her Jesuit confessor Father Garimberti. When she left to accompany the princess to England, he assumed control at the age of fourteen, and was so transformed in the free and easy company of his cousin principe Cesare Ignazio d'Este, that on her return the dowager duchess withdrew from court. Francesco's foreign policy was affected by the requirements of Louis XIV, his sister's patron after 1688, but he resisted French attempts to interfere in the duchies. He learned the violin as a boy and the court orchestra was revived for him when he was eleven; the violinist was Giovanni Maria Bononcini. Francesco was a lavish and discerning patron of music. His library has remained substantially complete in the Biblioteca Estense, Modena.

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References

*Victor Crowther, "A Case-Study in the Power of the Purse: The Management of the Ducal 'Cappella' in Modena in the Reign of Francesco II d'Este" "Journal of the Royal Musical Association" 115.2 (1990), pp. 207-219.


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