Bonacossa Borri
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Bonacossa Borri, also known as Bonaca, Bonacorsa, Buonacosa,[1] Bonaccossi, and Bonacosta (1254–1321 CE), was Lady of Milan by marriage from 1269 to 1321.[2][3]
Biography
[edit]Bonacossa was the daughter of Squarcina Borri[4][5] (1230–1277, also called Scarsini), captain of exiles from Milan from the advent of the Torriani family, and a loyal supporter of the Visconti, and Antonia (1236–?), daughter of Guglielmo I de Suavis, who married in 1254. Borri's family was originally from the town of Santo Stefano Ticino together with some feudal lands of nearby Corby. The Borri family was one of the most respected of Milan, and counted among its ranks a saint, Monas of Milan, Bishop of Milan.[6]
Once the Visconti had conquered Milan, Squarcina Borri gave his daughter in marriage to Matteo I Visconti, Lord of Milan in 1269 to cement those bonds essential to maintaining the rule of the Visconti.[7] Bonacossa was Matteo I Visconti's second wife, and they had many children together.[8][9]
Bonacossa and her husband co-founded of the chapel of St. Thomas in the Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio of Milan, where they were buried, along with their son Stefano and his two daughters Beatrice and Catherine, and the brother of Matteo, Uberto III Visconti.
She died in Milan on 13 January 1321 .
Descendants
[edit]- Galeazzo I Lord of Milan. He married Beatrice d'Este[10]
- Beatrice (b. 1280), married Spinetta Malaspina of Verucola
- Caterina (b. 1282 – d. 1311), married Alboino della Scala
- Luchino (b. 1285) Lord of Milan, married Violente di Saluzzo
- Stefano (b. 1287) Count of Arona, married Valentina Doria
- Marco (b. 1289)
- Giovanni (b. 1291), Archbishop of Milan
- Zaccaria (b. 1295), married Otto Rusconi
- Floramonda, married Guido Mandelli, count of Maccagno
- Agnese, married Cecchino della Scala
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Corio, Bernardino (1855). Storia di Milano (in Italian). Fr. Colombo.
- ^ Hare, Augustus John Cuthbert (1876). On the Rivieras, and in Piedmont and Lombardy. G. Routledge & sons.
- ^ Murray (Firm), John (1856). Handbook for Travellers in Northern Italy. Part I.: Comprising the Continental States and Island of Sardinia, Lombardy and Venice. Part II.: the Duchies of Parma, Piacenza, and Modena, North Tuscany and Florence. Sixth Edition [of the Work Originally Written by Sir Francis Palgrave], Carefully Revised and Corrected to the Present Time, Etc.
- ^ Brydges (1822). Res Literariae: For May 1821 to February 1822. W. Fick.
- ^ Simonyi, Ludwig (1846). Geschichte des Lombardisch Venezianischen Königreichs (in German). Jos. Redaelli.
- ^ Balzarotti, Andrea (2008). Castellazzo de Stampi - Volti di un borgo tra storia e natura [Castellazzo de' Stampi - Faces of a village between history and nature] (in Italian). Città di Corbetta. p. 34.
- ^ Diakité, Rala I.; Sneider, Matthew T. (7 February 2022). The Eleventh and Twelfth Books of Giovanni Villani's "New Chronicle". Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-1-5015-1426-5.
- ^ Beltramo, Silvia; Tosco, Carlo (29 December 2022). Architettura medievale: il Trecento. Modelli, tecniche, materiali (in Italian). All'Insegna del Giglio. ISBN 978-88-9285-144-3.
- ^ Simonyi, Ludwig von (1846). Geschichte des lombardisch venezianischen koenigreichs (in German). Gedruckt bei Joseph Redaelli.
- ^ Knight, Charles (1868). Biography: Or, Third Division of "The English Encyclopedia". Bradbury, Evans & Company.
External links
[edit]- Marchi, François. "Bonacossa Borri's Genealogy". François Marchi's genealogy website. Retrieved 5 December 2010.[permanent dead link]