The d'Este family strongly opposed Ludovic's union with Cecilia. Cecilia left the court three months after Ludovic's marriage to Beatrice and moved to a palace in the city. She also soon received a landed estate with a castle in Saronno to Sforza. In July 1492, she married Duke Ludovico Bergamini. She ran an open house where she hosted scholars and artists. It was one of the first intellectual salons in Europe.
