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14-538: Guarini is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alessandro Guarini ( c.  1563 –1636) Italian writer, jurist and diplomat of the late Renaissance; son of Giovanni Battista Guarini; sometimes called "Guarini the Younger" Alessio Guarini (born 5 April 1985), Italian long-jumper Alfredo Guarini (1901–1981), Italian filmmaker Anna Guarini , Contessa Trotti, (1563–1598), Italian virtuoso singer of

28-466: A dialogue on literary theory between the poet Cesare Caporali and Torquato Tasso , whom Alessandro had known since his childhood. His Lettere were published in Ferrara in 1611. Alfonso II d%27Este, Duke of Ferrara Alfonso was the elder son of Ercole II d'Este and Renée de France , the daughter of Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany and was the fifth and last Duke of Ferrara. As

42-520: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guarini&oldid=1188395559 " Categories : Surnames Italian-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alessandro Guarini Alessandro Guarini ( c.  1563 – 15 August 1636)

56-748: A young man, Alfonso fought in the service of Henry II of France against the Habsburgs . Soon after his accession, he was forced by Pope Pius IV to send his mother back to France due to her increasingly Calvinist beliefs. The 1570 Ferrara earthquake occurred during his reign. In 1583, he allied with Emperor Rudolf II in the war against the Turks in Hungary . Throughout the 1550s, Alfonso had an interest in Castrato singing voices. Given his childless marriages, this additional fact has prompted some historians to speculate that

70-670: The Gonzaga at Mantua . Alessandro soon after began to reside in Padua . Trouble again broke out in 1601. This time Alessandro left Italy, accompanying Guido Bentivoglio to Brussels ; but he was compelled to hasten back to meet the lawsuit his father had set in motion against him in his absence. In 1610 Giovanni Battista Guarini published a pamphlet attacking his son. Alessandro had won the suit. Alessandro Guarini seems at one time to have been professor of literae humaniores in Ferrara , and Secretary to

84-546: The Duke was homosexual. Alfonso married three times: He had no known children, legitimate or otherwise. The legitimate line of the House of Este ended in 1597 with him. Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor recognized as heir his cousin Cesare d'Este , member of a cadet branch, who continued to rule in the imperial duchies and carried on the family name. The succession as Duke of Este, however,

98-498: The Duke. He was one of the founders of the Accademia degli Intrepidi of Ferrara. He died in Ferrara on August 15, 1636. Besides minor verses, which appear never to have been collected, he published a tragicomedy , Bradamante Gelosa (Ferrara, 1616), and three prose works: a Trattato del vero, e real fondamento della catolica fede (1635), an Apologia di Cesare ( ibid. , 1632), and Il farnetico savio overo il Tasso ( ibid. , 1610),

112-425: The hands of his fellow students. His father commanded him to go back to Perugia . He respectfully declined (as he says), and had finally to take refuge from his angry parent at the home of an uncle at Parma . A reconciliation was effected in 1584. Two years later his father married him to a wealthy heiress, Virginia Palmiroli, whose father was recently dead, and himself took over the management of her property. Soon

126-692: The late Renaissance Carmen Guarini (born 18 January 1953), Argentine anthropologist Francesco Guarini (bishop) (died 1569), Bishop of Imola Francesco Guarino or Guarini (1611–1651 or 1654), Italian painter of the Baroque period Frank Joseph Guarini (born 1924), American politician Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538–1612), Italian poet and diplomat Giovanni Luigi Guarini (died November 1579), Bishop of Aquino Guarino Guarini (1624–1683), Italian architect and Theatine priest Justin Guarini (born 1978), American singer who rose to fame on

140-433: The television show American Idol Marco Antonio Guarini (1570 – 1638), Italian historian and scholar Maurizio Guarini (born 1955), Italian rock musician Raimondo Guarini (1765–1852), Italian scholar and man of letters See also [ edit ] Guarani (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Guarini . If an internal link intending to refer to

154-452: The young couple found courage to dispute this arrangement, and were driven from the house. They resorted to the law; but Duke Alfonso II d'Este , to avoid scandal, appointed an arbiter . Seemingly his decision was too favorable to the son, for the old poet soon after gave up his offices at Court and retired from Ferrara. In 1593 father and son once more were reconciled in a meeting at the Court of

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168-597: Was an Italian writer, jurist and diplomat. He is famous for his dialogue Il farnetico savio overo il Tasso (1610). Alessandro was the eldest of the four sons of Giovanni Battista Guarini , author of the Pastor Fido . He belonged to the family established in Ferrara by his ancestor Guarino da Verona . The date of his birth is uncertain. Sent at an early age to study at the University of Perugia , he promptly returned to Ferrara, complaining of poor health and bad treatment at

182-581: Was recognized only by the Emperor but not by the Popes. In 1598 Ferrara was therefore incorporated into the Papal States by Pope Clement VIII , on grounds of doubtful legitimacy. As a result of Alfonso's death Cesare d'Este and his family were "obliged to leave the city" and the power of the government was there after turned over to the cardinal legate. Alfonso II raised the glory of Ferrara to its highest point, and

196-579: Was the patron of Torquato Tasso , Giovanni Battista Guarini , and Cesare Cremonini —favouring the arts and sciences, as the princes of his house had always done. Besides being fluent in Italian he was also proficient in Latin and French. Luzzasco Luzzaschi served as his court organist. In addition, he was the sponsor of the Concerto delle donne , a type of group which was to be copied all over Italy. He also restored

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