<P> The poem is preceded by `` Ferrara : '' , indicating that the speaker is most likely Alfonso II d'Este , the fifth Duke of Ferrara ( 1533 -- 1598 ) , who , at the age of 25 , married Lucrezia di Cosimo de ' Medici , the 14 - year - old daughter of Cosimo I de ' Medici , Grand Duke of Tuscany , and Eleonora di Toledo . </P>
<P> The poem is preceded by `` Ferrara : '' , indicating that the speaker is most likely Alfonso II d'Este , the fifth Duke of Ferrara ( 1533 -- 1598 ) , who , at the age of 25 , married Lucrezia di Cosimo de ' Medici , the 14 - year - old daughter of Cosimo I de ' Medici , Grand Duke of Tuscany , and Eleonora di Toledo . </P>
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what does ferrara mean in my last duchess
that the speaker is most likely Alfonso II d'Este , the fifth Duke of Ferrara ( 1533 -- 1598 )
that the speaker is most likely Alfonso II d'Este , the fifth Duke of Ferrara ( 1533 -- 1598 )