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Ippolito II d'Este
Italian cardinal and statesman
Ippolito (II) d'Este (25 August 1509 – 2 December 1572) was an Italian cardinal and statesman.
He was a member of the House of Este, and nephew of the other Ippolito d'Este, also a cardinal. He despoiled the then 1,400-year-old Hadrian's Villa, built by the Roman emperor Hadrian, removing marbles and statues from it to decorate his own villa, the Villa d'Este.[citation needed]
Biography
Ippolito was born in Ferrara, Italy, the second son of Duke Alfonso I d'Este and Lucrezia Borgia.[1] His elder brother, Ercole II d'Este, succeeded his father as Duke of Ferrara in 1534.
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Through their mother, Ippolito and Ercole were grandsons of Pope Alexander VI. Ippolito himself is named after his uncle, Cardinal Ippolito d'Este.
In 1519, at the age of 10, he inherited the archbishopric of Milan from his uncle.
This was the first of a long list of ecclesiastical benefices which Ippolito was given over time, the rev