See also:

• VITTORIA

VITTORIA See also:

• VITTORIA ACCORAMBONI (1557-1585)

ACCORAMBONI (1557-1585)  , an See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady famous for her See also:

• GREAT

great beauty and accomplishments and for her tragic See also:

• HISTORY

history . She was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome of a See also:

• FAMILY

family belonging to the See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor noblesse of See also:

• GUBBIO (anc. Iguvium, q.v.; med. Eugubium)

Gubbio, which migrated to Rome with a view to bettering their fortunes . After refusing several offers of See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage for See also:

• VITTORIA

Vittoria, her See also:

• FATHER

father betrothed her to See also:

• FRANCESCO
• FRANCESCO, 210

Francesco Peretti (1573), a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of no position, but a See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew of See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal Montalto, who was regarded as likely to become See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope . Vittoria was admired and worshipped by all the cleverest and most brilliant men in Rome, and being luxurious and extravagant although poor, she and her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband were soon plunged in See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt . Among her most fervent admirers was P . G . See also:

• ORSINI
• ORSINI, FELICE (1819-1858)

Orsini, See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• BRACCIANO

Bracciano, one of the most powerful men in Rome, and her See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• MARCELLO, BENEDETTO (1686-1739)

Marcello, wishing to see her the duke's wife, had Peretti murdered (1581) . The duke himself was suspected of complicity, inasmuch as he was believed to have murdered his first wife, See also:

• ISABELLA (1451-15o4)
• ISABELLA, ISABEAU

Isabella de' See also:

• MEDICI
• MEDICI, GIACOMO (1817-1882)

Medici . Now that Vittoria was See also:

• FREE

free he made her an offer of marriage, which she willingly accepted, and they were married shortly after . But her See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune aroused much See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy, and attempts were made to annul the marriage; she was even imprisoned, and only liberated through the interference of Cardinal Carlo See also:

• BORROMEO, CARLO (1538–1584)

Borromeo . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory XIII., Cardinal Montalto, her first husband's See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, was elected in his See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place as See also:

• SIXTUS

Sixtus V . (1585); he vowed vengeance on the duke of Bracciano and Vittoria, who, warned in See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, fled first to See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice and thence to Salo in Venetian territory .

Here theduke died in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1585, bequeathing all his See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• PROPERTY

property (the duchy of Bracciano he See also:

• LEFT

left to his son by his first wife) to his widow . Vittoria, overwhelmed with grief, went to live in retirement at See also:

• PADUA (Lat. Patavium ; Ital. Padova)

Padua, where she was followed by Lodovico Orsini, a relation of her See also:

• LATE

late husband and a servant of the Venetian See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic, to arrange amicably for the See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the property . But a See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel having arisen in this connexion Lodovico hired a See also:

• BAND

band of bravos and had Vittoria assassinated (22nd of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1585) . He himself and nearly all his accomplices were afterwards put to death by See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the republic . About Vittoria See also:

• ACCORAMBONI, VITTORIA (1557-1585)

Accoramboni much has been written, and she has been greatly maligned by some biographers . Her See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story formed the basis of See also:

• WEBSTER
• WEBSTER, ALEXANDER (1707-1784)
• WEBSTER, BENJAMIN NOTTINGHAM (1797-1882)
• WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-1852)
• WEBSTER, JOHN (fl. 1602-1624)
• WEBSTER, NOAH (1758-1843)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1773-1844)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1800-1886)

Webster's See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama, The Tragedy of See also:

• PAOLO (GIROLAMO GASPARE)5 (1532-1600)

Paolo See also:

• GIORDANO, LUCA (1632–1705)

Giordano Ursini (1612), and of See also:

• LUDWIG, KARL FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1816—1895)
• LUDWIG, OTTO (1813-1865)

Ludwig See also:

• TIECK, JOHANN LUDWIG

Tieck's novel, Vittoria Accoramboni (184o) ; it is told more accurately in D . Gnoli's See also:

• VOLUME

volume, Vittoria Accoramboni (See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence, 1870), and an excellent See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch of her See also:

• LIFE

life is given in Countess E . Martinengo-Cesaresco's Lombard Studies (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1902) . (L .