Clelia Farnese ( Italian. Clelia Farnese ; 1556 , Paris (?) - September 11, 1613 , Rome ) is the illegitimate daughter of Cardinal Alessandro of the Farnese clan, in marriage - the first marriage of Marquis Civitanova , the second marriage of Signor Sassuolo. According to contemporaries, one of the most beautiful women of that time.
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 Jacopo Zukki. Estimated portrait of Clelia Farnese. | |
| Date of Birth | 1556 |
| Place of Birth | Paris |
| Date of death | September 11, 1613 |
| Place of death | Rome |
| Occupation | Marquis Civitanovsky |
| Father | Alessandro Farnese |
| Mother | Claude de Beaune |
| Children | From 1st marriage: Giuliano II Cesarini ( Italian: Giuliano II Cesarini ) |
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Biography
Clelia Farnese was born around 1556, probably in Paris. She was the illegitimate daughter of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese and Claude de Beaune, maid of honor of Queen Catherine de Medici . [1] In the same year, returning from France, Alessandro Farnese entrusted her daughter to the care of her sister, Victoria Farnese , Duchess of Urbine . Clelia was raised with her cousin Lavinia della Rovere. According to Girolamo Gigli, Cardinal Alessandro Farnese admitted that he did three great things in his life: the Palazzo Farnese , the church Il Gesu and the daughter Clelia, who, in 1570, brought her father to Rome was considered the most beautiful Roman aristocracy. [2] Torkvato Tasso dedicated to her sonnet “The Frost Sacred”, [3] Cristoforo Castelletti dedicated to her “Grievances of Love,” [4] Michel de Montaigne called her the most beautiful woman in Rome. [5] .
In 1570, Clelia Farnese married Gandgiorgio Cesarini, Marquis of Civittanova ( Italian: Giovan Giorgio Cesarini ), the standard bearer of the Roman people. At that time, Cesarini’s family experienced financial difficulties, which were successfully resolved with the help of a bride’s dowry. In this marriage, one child was born, Marquis Giuliano II Cesarini ( Italian: Giuliano II Cesarini ).
After the death of her first husband in 1585, the head of the Farnese family, Alessandro Farnese , forced the young widow to marry Marco Pio of Savoy ( Italian: Marco III Pio di Savoia ), Signor Sassuolo , because of which she had to leave Rome. Marriage was not happy. The second husband was a cruel man and allowed domestic violence. [6] After his death on November 27, 1599, she immediately returned to Rome.
Clelia Farnese died on September 11, 1613 in Rome.
Genealogy
Notes
- Cle Clelia Farnese la figlia del gran cardinale, Patrizia Rosini, ed. Settecittà, Viterbo, 2010
- ↑ Alberto Galieti, "La fine romanzesca della nobile famiglia Cesarini", La Rassegna nazionale , Ottobre 1939, p. 6 ( [1] (not available link) )
- ↑ Rime scelte di Tommaso Tasso , Milano: Società tipografica dei classici italiani, 1832, p. 194 ( [2] )
- ↑ G. Patrizi, Castelletti, Cristoforo . In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani , Vol. XXI, Roma: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Treccani, 1978
- ↑ Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, Journal de voyage en Italie par la Suisse et l'Allemagne en 1580 et 1581 ; Charles Dedeyan, Paris: Les belles lettres, 1946, p. 486
- ↑ Matteo Schenetti, Storia di Sassuolo centro della valle del Secchia , Modena: Aedes Muratoriana, 1966, pp. 145-148
Sources
- Roberto Zapperi, " F ARNESE , Clelia ". In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani , Vol. XLV, Roma: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 1995.
- Patrizia Rosini, biografia "Clelia Farnese la figlia del gran cardinale", Ed. Settecittà, Viterbo, 2010.
- Patrizia Rosini, Il vero volto di Clelia Farnese (Italian)