BIANCA See also:

• BIANCA CAPPELLO (1548-1587)

CAPPELLO (1548-1587)  , See also:

• GRAND

grand duchess of See also:

• TUSCANY
• TUSCANY (Toscana)

Tuscany, was the daughter of Barto]ommeo See also:

• CAPPELLO, BIANCA (1548-1587)

Cappello, a member of one of the richest and noblest Venetian families, and was famed for her See also:

• GREAT

great beauty . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fifteen she See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell in love with Pietro Bonaventuri, a See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young Florentine clerk in the See also:

• FIRM

firm of Salviati, and on the 28th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1563 escaped with him to See also:

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

Florence, where they were married and she had a daughter named Pellegrina . The Venetian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government made every effort to have Bianca arrested and brought back; but the grand See also:

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

duke Cosimo de' See also:

• MEDICI
• MEDICI, GIACOMO (1817-1882)

Medici intervened in her favour and she was See also:

• LEFT

left unmolested . However she did not get on well with her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband's See also:

• FAMILY

family, who were very poor and made her do See also:

• MENIAL

menial See also:

• WORK

work, until at last her beauty attracted See also:

• FRANCESCO
• FRANCESCO, 210

Francesco, the grand duke's son, a vicious and unprincipled See also:

• RAKE (O.E. rata, cognate with Du. raak, Ger. Rechen, from a root meaning to scrape together, heap up)

rake . Although already married to the virtuous and charming Archduchess Giovanna of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, he seduced the See also:

• FAIR

fair Venetian and loaded her with jewels, See also:

• MONEY

money and other presents . Bianca's accommodating husband was given See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court employment, and consoled himself with other ladies; in 1572 he was murdered in the streets of Florence in consequence of some amorous intrigue, though possibly Bianca and Francesco were privy to the See also:

• DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of Cosimo in 1574 Francesco succeeded to the grand duchy; he now installed Bianca in a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close to his own and outraged his wife by flaunting his See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress before her . As Giovanna had See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne Francesco no sons, Bianca was very anxious to See also:

• PRESENT

present him with an See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir, for otherwise her position would remain very insecure . But although she resorted to all sorts of expedients, even to that of trying to pass off a See also:

• CHANGELING

changeling as the grand duke's See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child, she was not successful . In 1578 Giovanna died; a few days later Francesco secretly married Bianca, and on the loth of See also:

• JUNE

June, 1579, the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage was publicly announced . The Venetian government now put aside its resentment and was officially represented at the magnificent See also:

• WEDDING

wedding festivities, for it saw in Bianca Cappello an See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument for cementing See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good relations with Tuscany . But the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long expected heir failed to come, and Bianca realized that if her husband were to See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die before her the was lost, for his family, especially his See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand, hated her bitterly, as an adventuress and interloper .

In See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1587 both the grand duke and his wife died of See also:

• COLIC (from the Gr. K6Aov or KwAov, the large intestine)

colic within a couple of days of each other . At the 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 See also:

• POISON

poison was suspected, but documentary See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence has proved the suspicion to be unfounded . See S . See also:

• ROMANIN, SAMUELE (18o8-1861)

Romanin, Lezioni di storia Veneta, vol. ii . (Florence, 1875) ; G . E . Saltini, Tragedie Medicee domestiche (Florence, 1898) . (L . V .