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How did Borso dāEste become duke of Ferrara?
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Borso dāEste, who reigned from 1450 to 1471, became the Duke of Ferrara in 1471 after receiving the title from Pope Paul II. Prior to this, he had also been granted the title of Duke of Modena and Reggio by the Holy Roman emperor Frederick III in 1452.1