Giacomo Tassoni, Captain of the Castle of Ferrara, +1502; m.Tommasina, dau.of Filippo Fogliani by Agnese di Bazzano; They had issue:
- A1. Girolamo, succeded to his father as Captain of the Castle of Ferrara, +1511
- A2. Borso, "uomo d'armi"; m.Maddalena, dau.of Giovanni Paganini from Carpi
- B1. Giovanni Battista; m.Antonia, dau.of Giambattista Malpii from Modena
- B2. Giacomo, "uomo d'armi", +1534; 1m: Laura Bambasi alias Donelli, dau.of Bartolomeo from Reggio; 2m: Laura, dau.of Bartolomeo Malvezzi from Bologna
- C1. Giulio, fl 1525
- C2. Borso, served Marco Pio di Savoia and Cardinal Farnese
- C3. Giovanna; 1m: Girolamo Grassetti from Modena; 2m: Riccio Taruffi, Captain of the Duke of Este; 3m: 1533 count Matteo Casella, Secretary of the Duke of Este
- C4. Giacoma, a nun
- C5. Margherita, a nun
- A3. Daniello called "Tassone", Camerlengo and Scudiere of Ercole I d'Este; m.1476 Francesca di Tommaso Fontana
- A4. Giulio, ordered knight by marquess Francesco Gonzaga of Mantua in 1485, adopted with his descendants by Ercole d'Este Duke of Ferrara "ex ipsa Estensi familia natis, haberi, censeri, nominari et appellari debeant" 5.4.1487, cr 1487 first Count of Debbia, Levizzano and Saltino, Lord of Medelana, Parasacco and Rovereto, cr 1504 Lord of Castelvecchio, Supreme chief of all the armies of the dukes Ercole I and Alfonso I of Ferrara, fought in the battles of Garigliano, Agnadello, Ravenna, conquerred Rovigo, Reggio, Lugo etc., +1526; m.1487 Ippolita, dau.of Nicolò Contrari count of Vignola by Beatrice countess Rangoni; His descendant are therefore named Tassoni Estense or Estense Tassoni
- B1. Ercole, Count of Debbia, Levizzano and Saltino, founder of the first line of Tassoni Estense, *1488, +1555; m.Lucrezia, dau.of Benedetto Bruggia from Ferrara; for his issue see HERE
- B2. Count Galeazzo Lord of Castelvecchio, founder of the second line of Tassoni Estense, +1560; m.Lucrezia, dau.of knight Alberto Petrati from Ferrara by Bianca Marocelli from Ferrara; for his issue see HERE
- B3. Count Camillo Lord of Castelvecchio, Governor of the Romagna Estense and of Reggio, Ambassador to France of the Duke of Ferrara "giudice dei savi" of Ferrara, +1583; m.1519 Barbara, dau.of Knight Gilio Turchi from Ferrara by Orsina countess d'Arco
- C1. Ferrante, count of Castelvecchio 1598, 1st marquess of Guiglia 1596, Governor of Modena and Cousellor of the Duke of Ferrara, *1520, +1600; 1m: Beatrice, dau.of Prisciano Prisciani Lord of the Prisciane; 2m: countess Claudia, dau.of Luigi Sanvitale count of Fontanellato by Corona countess della Somaglia
- D1. Giulio, *1585, +1599
- D2. Alfonso, *1587, +1598
- D3. Ercole marquess of Guiglia, count of Castelvecchio, Captain of the Duke of Savoy and Ambassador of the Duke of Modena, *1593, +1612; m.Countess Caterina, dau.of Antonio Forni count of Vinadio by Margherita Ferrero di Romagnano
- E1. Claudia; 1m: 1620 Troilo Rossi, marquess of San Secondo, Knight of the Golden Fleece; 2m: Teobaldo Visconti, marquess of Cislago, count of Gallarate, knight of the Golden Fleece
- E2. Beatrice, *1612, +1632; m.marquess Giovanfrancesco Sacchetti from Rome, brother of Cardinal Giulio Sacchetti
- C2. Count Ercole, Ambassador of Duke Alfonso II of Ferrara to Spain, after served Cardinal Luigi d'Este, Governor of Tivoli, Abbot of Banzo, Majordomo of Pope Gregorio XIV, Innocenzo IX and Clemente VIII, finally Patriarch of Costantinople, +1597
- C3. Count Giulio, Knight of the Order of Saint-Michel of France, +1580
- C4. Count Belisario, Majordomo of Cardinal Luigi d'Este, +1590
- D1. [illegitimate] Count Camillo, legitimated, +1628; 1m: Giacoma da Imola; 2m: Elena Silvestri from Ferrara
- E1. Count Cesare, +1658; m.countess Violante del Monte
- F1. Count Giulio, +1637
- F2. Count Camillo, +1643
- F4. Count Giuseppe, +1645
- F5. Isabella, +1683; m.1674 marquess Erneste Bevilacqua Aldobrandini Gonzaga
- F6. Elena, +1723; m.Filippo Zavaglia marquess of Brandola
- E2. Belisario, a priest
- E3. Anna; m.count Alberto Valentini from Modena
- C5. Barbara, *1532; m.count Alfonso Mosti Estense from Ferrara
- B4. Ippolita, a nun
- B5. Beatrice; m.Bonaventura Gualenghi from Ferrara
- B6. Leonora; m.count palatine Lodovico Forni from Modena
- B7. Violante; m.Galasso Salimbene from Ferrara
- B8. Ippolito, +young
- A5. Masina; m.Borso Romei count of Bergantino from Ferrara
- A6. Diamante; m.Francesco Morano from Modena
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