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Sfondrati, Ercole, duca di Montemarciano, 1569-1637

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1569 - 1637

biographical statement

Citation:
Papal genealogy, 2004: p. 94 (Ercole Sfondrati; son of Paolo; d. 1637; made Duke of Montemarciano by his uncle, Pope Gregory XIV; served as captain-general of papal forces in the French Wars of Religion)

Rockefeller Foundation website, via WWW, June 26, 2013 (Ercole Sfondrati; parents: Paolo Sfondrati and Sigismonda d'Este; m. Lucrezia Cybo-Malaspina, eleven children; heir, Valeriano)

VIAF, June 27, 2013 (hdg: Sfondrati, Ercole 1569-1627)

Wikipedia, via WWW, June 27, 2013 (Ercole Sfondrati; 1569-1637; Conte della Riviera; Duca di Montemarciano)

Bellagio e la medioevale sua chiesa di S. Giacomo, 1902: p. 70 (Ercole Sfondrati; Duca di Monte Marciano; d. 1637)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Sfondrati family papers regarding Guadalcanal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 516
Scope and Contents

Contains handwritten and printed items relating to the administration of the fiefdom of Guadalcanal. Includes information on the assignment of the area to Ercole Sfondrati, as well as its later administration. The materials also document the conflict between Sfondrati and Gaspar Alfonso Perez de Guzman over its control. Documents date from between 1599 and 1659.

Dates: 1599-1659
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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