Alda d'Este

Alda d'Este (18 July 1333 – 26 September 1381) was born in Ferrara, a daughter of Obizzo III d'Este and Lippa Ariosti. On 16 February 1356 she married Ludovico II Gonzaga, who in 1369 became the third capitano del popolo and lord of Mantua.

Her son Francesco I later ruled Mantua as its fourth capitano, while her daughter Elisabetta wed Carlo I Malatesta, lord of Rimini. Alda died at Mantua in 1381, and Ludovico raised her tomb in the church of San Francesco.