Taddea Visconti

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Taddea Visconti
Duchess of Bavaria
Visconti
Spouse(s)Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria
IssueLouis VII, Duke of Bavaria
Isabeau, Queen of France
FatherBernabò Visconti, Lord of Milan
MotherBeatrice Regina della Scala

Taddea Visconti, Duchess of Bavaria (1351 – 28 September 1381) was an Italian noblewoman of the

Visconti family, the ruling house in Milan from 1277 to 1447. She was the first wife of Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria, and the mother of the French queen Isabeau of Bavaria.[1]

Early life

Bernabò Visconti and Beatrice Regina della Scala, the parents of Taddea Visconti

Born in Milan in 1351, sometime after 27 June, Taddea was the eldest child of

da Carrara
.

Taddea's father Bernabò, continually at war with the papacy (for which he was excommunicated), was a ruthless despot,[3] who would, in 1385, be overthrown by his nephew and son-in-law Gian Galeazzo Visconti and later poisoned in the castle of Trezzo.[4]

Marriage

Wittelsbach
family. Taddea, being the eldest, was the first of the four Visconti children selected.

In 1367, Taddea became the first wife of Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingolstadt, who, on 13 May 1375, became Duke of Bavaria.

Barbara Tuchman as "reckless, prodigal, ostentatious, amorous, restless without a tournament or war and well-suited to a Visconti daughter".[4]

The marriage produced three children:

Adjustment to life in Bavaria proved a difficult challenge for Taddea, prompting her, in later years, to take extended journeys abroad. The climate of Munich did not prove healthy for her, and she developed a persistent cough and recurring fever. After Stephen III became duke, Taddea was required to attend more state functions, her health notwithstanding. In the 1370s, she began to pay long visits to her homeland, usually bringing her husband and children with her, and stopping at Milan to visit her family. She visited Rome in 1378.

Death and legacy

After a trip to Milan in December 1380, Taddea fell seriously ill. By the time she returned to Bavaria, she was suffering from fever, coughing and weight loss. Her health continued to fail and she died on 28 September 1381 in

Unsere Liebe Frau.[7]
When news of her death reached Milan, her devastated father ordered his subjects to wear mourning clothes. Less than four years later, her daughter, Isabeau, became Queen of France. Taddea's husband Stephen married secondly, on 16 January 1401,
Adolf III of Cleves
. This second marriage was childless.

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ Kibler & Zinn 2006, p. 909.
  2. ^ a b Rohr 2016, p. 53.
  3. ^ Tuchman 1978, p. 254.
  4. ^ a b Tuchman 1978, p. 437–438.
  5. ^ Tuchman 1978, p. 436.
  6. ^ a b Adams 2010, p. 256.
  7. ^ Richardson 2011, p. 214.

Sources

  • Adams, Tracy (2010). The Life and Afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria. The Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Kibler, William W.; Zinn, Grover A., eds. (2006). "Isabeau of Bavaria". Medieval France: An Encyclopedia. Routledge.
  • Richardson, Douglas (2011). Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families (2nd ed.). Genealogical Publishing Company.
  • Rohr, Zita Eva (2016). Yolande of Aragon (1381-1442) Family and Power: The Reverse of the Tapestry. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Tuchman, Barbara (1978). A Distant Mirror. Alfred A Knopf.
    ISBN 9780394400266
    .
Preceded by
Katharine of Bohemia
(United Bavaria)
Duchess of Bavaria-Ingolstadt
With Maddalena Visconti

1375–1381 		Succeeded by
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