Violante Visconti
| Violante Visconti | |
|---|---|
| Duchess of Clarence Marchioness of Montferrat | |
 Violante Visconti with her brother, Gian Galeazzo | |
| Born | 1354 |
| Died | November 1386 (aged 31–32) Pavia |
| Spouse | Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (m. 1368; died 1368)Secondotto, Marquess of Montferrat (m. 1377; died 1378)Ludovico Visconti
(m. 1381) |
Visconti | |
| Father | Galeazzo II Visconti |
| Mother | Bianca of Savoy |
Violante (Jolantha) Visconti (1354 – November 1386) was the second of two children of Galeazzo II Visconti, Lord of Milan and Pavia, and Bianca of Savoy.[1] Her father gave to her the provinces of Alba, Mondovì, Cuneo, Cherasco, and Demonte as an inheritance.
As a 13-year-old, with the promise of a large
Cathedral of Santa Maria Nascente, Milan, on 28 May 1368.[2][3] The wedding festivities were lavish and ostentatious.[4] The banquet, held outside, included 30 courses of meat and fish presented fully gilded. Between the courses, the guests were given gifts such as suits of armour, bolts of cloth, war horses, arms, and hunting dogs.[5][3] Among the guests were Geoffrey Chaucer,[6] Petrarch,[7] Jean Froissart[8] and John Hawkwood.[9] The marriage was short-lived. Lionel died in Alba on 17 October that year, just five months after the wedding. His death may have been due to food poisoning.[10] The Duchess of Clarence had no issue by the Duke.[2]
On 2 August 1377, Violante's father negotiated a second marriage, to
Secondotto, Marquess of Montferrat. Sixteen months later, on 16 December 1378, Secondotto was assassinated after a battle at Piacenza (or Asti).[11][12] They had no issue.[3]
On 18 April 1381, she married a third time to her cousin Ludovico Visconti, lord governor of
Barbara Tuchman suggests that her brother may have killed her third husband.[3]
Violante died in Pavia in November 1386, at the age of 32[15] and was buried in the basilica of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro.[16]
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References
- ^ Cook (1916), pp. 48–49, 56–57.
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- ^ OCLC 3870107.
- OCLC 9128840. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ^ Cook (1916), pp. 60–74.
- OCLC 287618468. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- OCLC 263026782. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ^ Cook (1916), pp. 74–75.
- OCLC 609150822.
- ^ Field, Graham (30 June 2008). "Lionel Plantaganet". Middlesex, England, UK: Mediaeval Combat Society. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ Cook (1916), pp. 107–108.
- OCLC 13792156.
- ^ Cook (1916), pp. 109–110.
- ^ Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000, 19 November 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2010
- ^ Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000, 19 November 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2010
- ^ Majocchi, Piero (January 2015). "Non iam capitanei, sed reges nominarentur: progetti regi e rivendicazioni politiche nei rituali funerari dei Visconti (XIV secolo)". Courts and Courtly Cultures in Early Modern Italy and Europe. Models and Languages. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
Sources
- Cook, Albert Stanburrough (1916). The last months of Chaucer's early patron. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Artes and Sciences. Vol. 21. New Haven, Connecticut. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
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External links
- Hayes, Carlton J.H. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). pp. 128–129.