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  2. Gemma Donati - Wikipedia

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    Throughout his life, Dante never mentioned Donati. Instead he wrote prolifically about his love-interest and muse Beatrice Portinari, whom he met when he was nine. [1] [2] Donati was born to Manetto and Maria Donati in around 1267, two years after her future husband, Dante Alighieri. The Donati family was a wealthy family in medieval Florence.

  3. Dante Alighieri - Wikipedia

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    Dante's family was loyal to the Guelphs. The Ghibellines took over Florence at the Battle of Montaperti in 1260, forcing out many of the Guelphs. [24] Although Dante's family were Guelphs, they suffered no reprisals after the battle, probably because of Alighiero's low public standing. [25]

  4. Alagia Fieschi - Wikipedia

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    The Malaspina family were a noble family who were hospitable to Dante. He had a positive view of the family not just because they welcomed him but because he deemed them to be virtuous. Moreover, Alagia's husband was Dante's patron and friend, and Dante celebrated him in the Divine Comedy as "Vapor of Val di Magra" (Inferno 24.145) in which he ...

  5. Nella Donati - Wikipedia

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    Nella Donati (possibly also known as Giovanna or Giovannella) was a medieval noblewoman from Florence, Italy. [1] She is primarily known because of Dante Alighieri's treatment of her relationship to her husband, Forese Donati, in the Divine Comedy and in a series of poems Dante exchanged with Forese.

  6. Alighiero di Bellincione - Wikipedia

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    Alighiero's first wife was Bella and the couple had one child, Dante, in 1265. After Bella's death, Alighiero married his second wife, Lapa Cialuffi, in 1270 or 1271 and they had two children, Francesco and Gaetana (Tana), who were Dante's half-brother and half-sister, respectively. [1] [2] Alighiero died sometime between 1281 and 1283. [3]

  7. Jacopo Alighieri - Wikipedia

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    Jacopo Alighieri (1285/6–1348; sometimes written as Iacopo Alighieri) was an Italian poet, the son of Dante Alighieri, whom he followed in his exile. Jacopo's most famous work is his sixty-chapter Dottrinale .

  8. Nearly 100-year-old Dante monument's connection to Belle Isle ...

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    Celebrating the unveiling of the refurbished bust of Italian writer and philosopher Dante Alighieri on Belle Isle Thursday were Carabinieri officer Alessandro Alberti, a Roman assigned to the ...

  9. Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Wikipedia

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    His family and friends called him Gabriel, but in publications he put the name Dante first in honour of Dante Alighieri. He was the brother of poet Christina Rossetti , critic William Michael Rossetti , and author Maria Francesca Rossetti . [ 2 ]