Ginevra d'Este

Ginevra d'Este (24 March 1419 - 12 October 1440) was an Italian noblewoman. She and her twin sister Lucia (died 1437) were daughters of Niccolò III d'Este and his second wife Parisina Malatesta - they also had a younger brother, who died aged a few months.[2] She was the first of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta's three wives.

Portrait of a Princess by Pisanello - the sitter may be Ginevra.[1]

Life

Her mother was accused of infidelity with Ugo d'Este, Ginevra's half-brother and he and Parisina were condemned to death by Niccolò when Ginevra was aged six. Five years later Niccolò remarried to Ricciarda di Saluzzo, giving Ginevra two other half-brothers (Ercole and Sigismondo), in addition to her father's other illegitimate children.

She married Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, lord of Rimini, in Rimini in February 1434.[3] On her death in 1440 she was buried in the Tempio Malatestiano.[4] In 1461 pope Pius II accused Pandolfo of several crimes, including killing Ginevra, and excommunicated him.[5]

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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-16. Retrieved 2015-10-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Cawley, Charles, MODENA, FERRARA, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, retrieved 19 October 2015,
  3. Condottieri Archived 2007-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Primo Casalini. "Agostino di Duccio a Rimini". arengario.net. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  5. Mattioli Service Provider. "La Signoria dei Malatesta". gradara.com. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
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