Ippolita Torelli Castiglione
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Author
Ippolita Torelli Castiglione
Location
Mantua, Lombardy
Dates
1499-1520
Biography
Ippolita Torelli was the daughter of condottiere Guido Torelli of Montechiarugolo (near Parma) and Francesca Bentivoglio, daughter of Giovanni Bentivoglio of Bologna,[2] related by marriage to both the Gonzaga and d'Este families. In 1516, a young Ippolita was married to Count Baldassare Castiglione, 23 years her senior, diplomat, courtier, and author of the celebrated Il libro del cortegiano (The Book of the Courtier).(source: Italian Women Writers, University of Chicago Library 2001, https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/IWW/BIOS/A0350.html)
Languages
Italian
Genres
Epistolary, Letters
Editions and Translations
Unknown
