1509
Ippolito II d'Este, Italian cardinal and statesman (died 1572)
Ippolito II d'Este, Italian cardinal and statesman (died 1572)
Ippolito II d'Este, Italian cardinal and statesman (died 1572)
Ippolito II d'Este
Italian cardinal and statesman (1509–1572)
- Born
- 1509
Ippolito (II) d'Este 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.