Thanks to his ecclesiastical and royal connections , he became one of the wealthiest cardinals of the time , with an annual income estimated at 120,000 scudi .
At the age of thirty , at the request of the King , Pope Paul III made d'Este a cardinal .
Thanks to Pope 's ecclesiastical and royal connections , Pope became one of the wealthiest cardinals of the time , with an annual income estimated at 120,000 scudi .
At the age of thirty , at the request of the King , Pope Paul III made d'Este a cardinal .