Laura Dianti (Early sixteenth century in

Ferrara Ferrara (; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, capital of the province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main ...

– 25 June 1573 in

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) was an Italian woman. She was a lover and possible third wife of

Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara Alfonso d'Este (21 July 1476 – 31 October 1534) was Duke of Ferrara from 1504 to 1534, during the time of the War of the League of Cambrai. Biography He was the son of Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara and Eleanor of Naples and became du ...

Biography

Laura Dianti was born the daughter of Francesco Boccacci Dianti (d. 1542). She became a mistress of Alfonso I d'Este,

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(1476-1534) after the death of his second wife,

Lucrezia Borgia Lucrezia Borgia (18 April 1480 – 24 June 1519) was an Italian noblewoman of the House of Borgia who was the illegitimate daughter of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei. She was a former governor of Spoleto. Her family arranged ...

, daughter of

Pope Alexander VI Pope Alexander VI (, , ; born Roderic Llançol i de Borja; epithet: ''Valentinus'' ("The Valencian"); – 18 August 1503) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 August 1492 until his death in 1503. Born into t ...

. Laura was most probably his third wife.S. Pellizzer,
DIANTI, Laura
�, in ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'', Istituto dell'Enciclopedia italiana Treccani, Roma (on-line) She was also known under the pseudonym Eustochia.

Issue

The couple had two sons: *

Alfonso d'Este, Marquis of Montecchio Alfonso d'Este, Marquis of Montecchio (10 March 1527 – 1 November 1587) was an Italian nobleman from the House of Este. Biography Born at Ferrara, he was the illegitimate son of Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara by his lover Laura Dianti. In 1 ...

(1527-1587), married firstly Giulia della Rovere and had issue (

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); married secondly in 1584 Violante Signa (1546-1609) and had issue. * Alfonsino

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, Marchese di Castelnuovo (1530-1547)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dianti, Laura 1480s births 1573 deaths 16th-century Italian women House of Este Mistresses of Italian royalty Renaissance women