Bianca Cappello
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For the Italian wine grape known as Bianca Capello, see Prié blanc.
Bianca Cappello (1548 – 20 October 1587) was an Italian noblewoman, the Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany by marriage to Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. She was Francesco's mistress that later married him to became his consort. Coincidentally, the creation of the fortunate term serendipity by the writer Horace Walpole is due to a portrait of Bianca.
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Bianca Cappello | |||||
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Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany | |||||
Tenure | 12 June 1579 – 20 October 1587 | ||||
Coronation | 12 June 1579 | ||||
Born | 1548 Venice, Republic of Venice | ||||
Died | 20 October 1587(1587-10-20) (aged 38–39) Poggio a Caiano, Tuscany | ||||
Spouse |
Pietro Bonaventuri
(m. 1563; died 1572)[1] | ||||
Issue | Virginia Pellegrina Bonaventuri Antonio de' Medici | ||||
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House | Cappello Medici | ||||
Father | Bartolomeo Cappello | ||||
Mother | Pellegrina Morosini |
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