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Isabella d'Este (18 May 1474 – 13 February 1539) was ''Marchesa'' of Mantua and one of the leading women of the Italian Renaissance as a major cultural and political figure. She was a patron of the arts as well as a leader of fashion, whose innovative style of dressing was copied by women throughout Italy and at the French court. The poet Ariosto labeled her as the "liberal and magnanimous Isabella",〔Marek, George R. (1976). ''The Bed and the Throne: The Life of Isabella d'Este''. New York: Harper and Row Publishers.p.ix ISBN 978-0-06-012810-4〕 while author Matteo Bandello described her as having been "supreme among women".〔Marek, p.ix〕 Diplomat Niccolò da Correggio went even further by hailing her as "The First Lady of the world".〔 She served as the regent of Mantua during the absence of her husband, Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua and the minority of her son, Federico, Duke of Mantua. In 1500 she met King Louis XII of France in Milan on a diplomatic mission to persuade him not to send his troops against Mantua. She was a prolific letter-writer, and maintained a lifelong correspondence with her sister-in-law Elisabetta Gonzaga. Lucrezia Borgia was another sister-in-law; she later became the mistress of Isabella's husband. ==Early life== Isabella d'Este grew up in a cultured family in the city-state of Ferrara. She received a fine classical education and, as a girl, met many famous humanist scholars and artists. Due to the vast amount of extant correspondence between Isabella and her family and friends, her life is unusually well-documented.〔Marek, p.xiv〕 She was born on Tuesday 19 May 1474 at nine o'clock in the evening〔Marek, p.12 Isabella's mother wrote a letter to her friend Barbara Gonzaga describing the details of Isabella's birth〕〔Note: In 15th century Italy the day began at sunset rather than at midnight; therefore as Isabella's birth occurred on 19 May at the second hour, this indicated that she was actually born on 18 May, at 9.00 PM〕 in Ferrara, to Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara and Eleanor of Naples.〔Julia Mary Cartwright Ady, Isabella d'Este, marchioness of Mantua, 1474-1539: a study of the renaissance, Volume 1, 1907〕 Eleanor was the daughter of Ferdinand I, the Aragonese King of Naples, and Isabella of Clermont.〔Marek, p.12〕 One year later on 29 June 1475 her sister Beatrice d'Este was born, and in 1476 and 1477 two brothers, Alfonso and Ippolito arrived. In 1479 and 1480 two more brothers were born; they were Ferrante and Sigismondo. Of all the children Isabella was considered to have been the favourite. In the year of Ferrante's birth, Isabella travelled to Naples with her mother. When her mother returned to Ferrara, Isabella accompanied her, while the other children stayed behind with their grandfather for eight years. It was during the journey with her mother, that Isabella acquired the art of diplomacy and statecraft. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Isabella d'Este」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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