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    Bianca Cappello (1548 – 20 October 1587) was an Italian noblewoman, the Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany by marriage to Francesco I de' Medici, Grand...
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    Joanna had died, Francesco went on to marry his Venetian mistress, Bianca Cappello, after aptly disposing of her husband, a Florentine bureaucrat. Because...
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    of Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his mistress Bianca Cappello. He was a minor figure at the Grand Ducal Medici court. Antonio was...
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    Galeazzo Sanseverino Bianca Cappello (1548–1587), Grand Duchess of Tuscany Bianca Andreescu (born 2000), Canadian tennis player Bianca Atzei (born 1987)...
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    43.7670306°N 11.2490389°E / 43.7670306; 11.2490389 The Palazzo di Bianca Cappello, originally belonging to Corbinelli family is a Renaissance-style palace...
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  • Venetian Renaissance humanist Bianca Cappello (1548–1587), Italian noblewoman Dominic Cappello, American writer Gerolamo Cappello (died 1643), Italian Roman...
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    Cosimo I and Eleanor of Toledo (1539), Francesco I and Bianca Cappello, already his lover (1579). Bianca and Francesco also found death in this villa, for...
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    conflict with her husband, who preferred the company of his mistress Bianca Cappello, who gave birth to a son, Antonio, in 1576. Finally, in 1577 Joanna...
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    travelled to Spain. His first known work is from 1568, the Palazzo di Bianca Cappello in Florence. His main achievements include the project for the new...
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    Grand Duchy for another generation and eliminated all the hopes of Bianca Cappello (his father's mistress) to have her son Antonio become heir of Tuscany...
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    of Austria (1547–1578) Francesco I (1541–1587) Grand Duke 1574–87 Bianca Cappello (1548–1587) Christina of Lorraine (1565–1637) Ferdinando I (1549–1609)...
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    explained an unexpected discovery he had made about a lost painting of Bianca Cappello by Giorgio Vasari by reference to a Persian fairy tale, The Three Princes...
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    months later, Grand Duke Francesco I married his longtime mistress Bianca Cappello; the marriage was officially revealed one year later, on 12 June 1579...
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    when Eleanor was eleven her mother died, and her father later married Bianca Cappello. Medici was one of seven children; one of her sisters, Marie de' Medici...
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    Duchesses of Tuscany Archduchess Joanna of Austria (1574–1578) Donna Bianca Cappello (1579–1587) Princess Christina of Lorraine (1589–1609) Archduchess...
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    of Tuscany, in part to please his Venetian mistress, the celebrated Bianca Cappello. Villa and gardens were designed by his court architect, designer and...
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    In 1973, Mario Draghi married Maria Serenella Cappello, of noble origins and descendant of Bianca Cappello, and an expert in English literature, with whom...
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    Bianca Cappello was first the mistress and then the second wife and Duchess of Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. The story of Bianca's elopement...
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    1587 (1) Joanna of Austria 18 December 1565 Florence 8 children (2) Bianca Cappello 10 June 1579 1 son Medici Son of Cosimo I Ferdinando I de' Medici 30...
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    1565 Died: 19 December 1637 Italian royalty Vacant Title last held by Bianca Cappello Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany 1589–1609 Succeeded by Maria Maddalena...
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  • Clifford Bax based on the story of Renaissance Italian noblewoman Bianca Cappello. "The Venetian" opened February 25 1931 on the West End for an 86 performance...
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    Duchesses of Tuscany Archduchess Joanna of Austria (1574–1578) Donna Bianca Cappello (1579–1587) Princess Christina of Lorraine (1589–1609) Archduchess...
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    Francesco is best remembered for dying on the same day as his second wife, Bianca Cappello, spurring rumours of poisoning. He was succeeded by Ferdinando de'...
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    Duchesses of Tuscany Archduchess Joanna of Austria (1574–1578) Donna Bianca Cappello (1579–1587) Princess Christina of Lorraine (1589–1609) Archduchess...
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    as various others, including the Palazzo Borghese, the Palazzo di Bianca Cappello, the Palazzo Antinori, and the Royal building of Santa Maria Novella...
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    ambassador of Venetian Republic at the marriage of Franceso de’ Medici and Bianca Cappello in 1579 and wrote music of celebration for Henry III of France, who...
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    to 1579 he stayed in Florence and was in contact with Grand Duchess Bianca Cappello, whom he promised to heal from infertility with the philosopher's stone...
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  • publicly endorsed the marriage of Francesco I de' Medici and his mistress Bianca Cappello. This endorsement was in stark contrast to the feelings of Francesco's...
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    Duchesses of Tuscany Archduchess Joanna of Austria (1574–1578) Donna Bianca Cappello (1579–1587) Princess Christina of Lorraine (1589–1609) Archduchess...
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  • Malaspina (1505-1559), mistress of Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence Bianca Cappello (1548-1587), mistress and later wife of Francesco I de' Medici, Grand...
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