Vittoria Colonna

Quotes

• “Your virtue may raise you above the glory of being king. The sort of honour that goes down to our children with real lustre is derived from our deeds and qualities, not from power or titles. For myself, I do not wish to be the wife of a king, but of a general who can make himself superior to the greatest king, not only by courage, but by magnanimity, and superiority to any less elevated motive than duty”

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Key facts

Born

April 1490, Marino , Papal States (present-day Italy)

Died

25 February 1547 (1547-02-25) (aged 56), Rome, Papal States (present-day Italy)

Noble family

Colonna

Spouse

Fernando Francesco d'Ávalos, Marquis of Pescara ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1509 ; died 1525 ) ​

Father

Fabrizio Colonna

Mother

Agnese da Montefeltro

Occupation

Poet

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Wikidata facts

Image

Sebastiano del Piombo - Vittoria Colonna (?) - Google Art Project.jpg

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