Ricciarda, Marchioness of Saluzzo
Ricciardia, Marchioness of Saluzzo (1410 – 16 August 1474, Ferrara) was an Italian noblewoman. She was the daughter of Thomas III, Marquess of Saluzzo and his French wife Marguerite de Pierrepont, daughter of , count of Roncy and Braine.[1]
In 1429 she married Niccolò III d'Este - she was his third wife, after Gigliola da Carrara and Parisina Malatesta. They had two children:
- Ercole (1431 – 1505), future duke of Ferrara;
- Sigismondo (1433 – 1507), lord of San Martino in Rio.
After Niccolò's death in 1441, the ten-year-old Ercole could in theory have succeeded his father as his eldest legitimate child. However, her father instead left the title to his illegitimate son Leonello,[2] who exiled Ricciardia and her two children to Naples.[3]
Leonello reigned for nine years, and then was succeeded by his brother Borso, who reigned for a further 21 years. However, in the meanwhile Ricciarda had forged alliances that meant that on Borso's death she succeeded in getting Ercole made duke of Ferrara.[4]
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- 1410 births
- 1474 deaths
- House of Este
- 15th-century Italian nobility