Ercole Bevilacqua, Count of Maccastorna (1554 – 13 December 1600 in Ferrara) was an Italian nobleman, soldier and statesman.
His parents were Ercole Bevilacqua (1528-1553), count of Maccastorna and Eleonora Pio of Savoy (?-1596).
He grew up at the court of cardinal Luigi d'Este and in 1574 fought in Flanders for Charles IX of France.
[1] He held important positions for the Este family (including privy counsellor and military and political advisor to Alfonso II d'Este) and finally in 1575 married into the family via Francesco d'Este's illegitimate daughter Bradamante d'Este (1550-1624).
Bradamante remained in Ferrara while her husband settled in Sassuolo.