27 Facts About Ippolito d'Este

Ippolito d'Este was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, and Archbishop of Esztergom.

Ippolito d'Este was a member of the ducal House of Este of Ferrara, and was usually referred to as the Cardinal of Ferrara.

Ippolito d'Este spent much of his time supporting the ducal house of Ferrara and negotiating on their behalf with the Pope.

Ippolito d'Este had another brother, Ferdinando, a brother Sigismondo, and two sisters, Beatrice and Isabella.

Ippolito d'Este had a half-brother, Giulio, and a half-sister, Lucrezia.

From infancy Ippolito was destined for a career in the Church, and at the age of three he was named Abbot Commendatory of Casalnovo.

Ippolito d'Este joined King Matthias and Queen Beatrice, his mother's sister, in Hungary.

Ippolito d'Este had brought with him volumes of Virgil's Aeneid and Plautus' comedies, and an Italian preceptor, Sebastiano da Lugo.

Ippolito d'Este enjoyed the Episcopal Palace in Esztergom, but had houses in Buda, Pressburg, and Vienna; he had houses built for himself at Ersekujvar and Aranyosmarot.

Ippolito d'Este brought a French tailor with him from Ferrara.

Ippolito d'Este was no longer the nephew of the King, but was more and more looked on as a foreigner who enjoyed the fruits of his Hungarian archbishopric.

Ippolito d'Este's aunt married her late husband's competitor and successor, Vladislaus Jagiellon, King of Bohemia, who brought different policies and different personnel into the kingdom.

Three years later Ippolito d'Este returned to Italy to escape the plague that was striking Hungary; he arrived in Rome with a following of 250 people.

Ippolito d'Este governed the archdiocese of Milan through a vicar.

Cardinal Ippolito d'Este was granted a palazzo for his use next to the Vatican Basilica.

Bakocz certainly had a point in canon law, in that Cardinal Ippolito had been bishop for nearly sixteen years and was not yet consecrated, and yet there seems to be a case of ingratitude, since Bakocz, who had been educated at Bologna and Ferrara, had once been Cardinal d'Este's private secretary.

In 1507 Cardinal Ippolito d'Este was named Bishop of Modena, but, still unconsecrated, he could only act as Administrator.

Ippolito d'Este was again at odds with Pius' successor Julius II, and in 1507 he left the Curia.

Cardinal Ippolito d'Este immediately rushed to the monastery and browbeat the six electors into electing him to the position.

Pope Julius objected, and Cardinal Ippolito d'Este had to send his secretary, Ludovico Ariosto, to Rome to explain the circumstances to the Pope.

In 1513 Ippolito d'Este moved again to Hungary but, when in his absence Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici was elected pope, taking the name Leo X, the Cardinal returned again to his native city.

Ippolito d'Este was accompanied by the two Provosts and the entire body of Canons of the Cathedral of Eger.

Cardinal Ippolito d'Este favored the candidacy of the Count of Temes, while Cardinal Bakocz favored that of John Zapolya, the Voivode of Transylvania.

Cardinal Ippolito d'Este was consulted by all parties, and he sent his representative, Celio Calcagnini, to the meeting of the Diet at Frankfurt.

Ippolito d'Este travelled to Piscalo for the sake of the fish, since he did not wish to eat meat, presumably due to the Friday fast.

Ippolito d'Este asked for grilled fish and some Vernaccia, which his doctor permitted and which made him feel better.

Ippolito d'Este's estate, inherited by his brother Alfonso I, amounted to some 200,000 ducati.