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After two failed marriages, one of which had ended in the murder of Alfonso Duke of Bisceglie, Lucrezia Borgia was once more on the marriage market in the year 1500. She was a pawn, a chess piece for her father and brother’s political plans. This time, the Borgia family were looking to tie their family to the Estes of Ferrara – a proud and ancient House.
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Oct 17, 2022 · O’Farrell opens The Marriage Portrait with Lucrezia seated at a long dining table, facing her husband, contemplating her imminent death. The couple are at Alfonso’s hunting lodge on the ...
Eleanor of Toledo. Lucrezia de' Medici (14 February 1545 – 21 April 1561) was a member of the House of Medici and by marriage Duchess consort of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio from 1558 to 1561. Married to the intended husband of her elder sister Maria, who died young, her marriage was short and unhappy. The Duchess died of pulmonary tuberculosis ...
Alfonso returns early and unexpectedly and wakes Lucrezia from her slumber without warning. He hears she has been sick, he tells her, so he has brought a physician to look at her.
Feb 25, 2023 · By okaybliss — ON Feb 25, 2023. Maggie O’Farrell’s 2022 novel, The Marriage Portrait is a historical-fictional account of Lucrezia de Medici, Duchess of Ferrara- dead within a year of her marriage. The novel starts with Lucrezia sitting with her husband for dinner and mulling over the realization that he wants to murder her.
Following her annulment from Sforza, Lucrezia was married to the Neapolitan Alfonso of Aragon, the half-brother of Sancha of Aragon who was the wife of Lucrezia's brother Gioffre Borgia. The marriage was a short one. [3] They were married in 1498, making Lucrezia the Duchess consort of Bisceglie and Princess consort of Salerno.
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Analysis. The Marriage Portrait is a work of historical fiction by Maggie O’Farrell that tells the story of Lucrezia de’ Medici’s short marriage to Alfonso II d’Este, Duke of Ferrara. In a ...
