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Luigi d'Este
1538Dec, 21

Luigi d'Este

Luigi d'Este, Catholic cardinal (d. 1586)
Luigi d'Este (21 December 1538 – 30 December 1586) was an Italian Catholic cardinal, the second son of the five children of Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Modena and Ferrara, and Renée, daughter of Louis XII of France.

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