Costanza d'Avalos Piccolomini

Costanza d'Avalos Piccolomini (1504-1575) was a duchess of Amalfi. A lady of great worth, she cultivated Italian poetry with great success. Charles V gave her the title of princess, as a mark of his esteem. Her poems have been published several times with those of Victoria Colonna, her cousin; there are several of her pieces also in the collection by Ludovico Domenichi (Lucca, 1559, 8vo; and Naples, 1595).[1]

In later years she moved to the convent of Santa Chiara a Napoli, where she died.

References

  1. ^ Rose, Hugh James (1857). "Amalfi, Costanza". A New General Biographical Dictionary. Vol. 1 AA–ANS. London: B. Fellowes et al. p. 376.
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