Andrea Acciaioli
Andrea Acciaioli or Acciaiuoli was an Italian noblewoman, as the Countess of
On Famous Women.[1]
Life
Andrea was the sister of
Joanna, Queen of Naples.[2]
Her first husband was Carlo d'Arto, Count of Monteodorisio, who died in 1346. Sometime after 1358 and before 1362 she then married Bartolomeo II of Capua, Count of Altavilla.[3] She was described as being of strong character, educated, and having elegant speech.[4]
Sources
- ^ Boccaccio 2001, pp. xi–xii.
- ^ Boccaccio 2001, p. xiii.
- ^ Boccaccio 2001, p. 238.
- ^ Boccaccio 2001, p. xvii.
- Boccaccio, Giovanni (2001). Famous Women. Translated by Brown, Virginia. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-01130-9.
Further reading
- Franklin, Margaret (2017). Boccaccio's Heroines: Power and Virtue in Renaissance Society. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781351955164.
- Benson, Pamela Joseph (2010). Invention of the Renaissance Woman: The Challenge of Female Independence in the Literature and Thought of Italy and England. Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 9780271042121.