Category
page 116th-century Italian women
Catherine de' Medici
queen-consort and regent of France (1519–1589)
Lisa del Giocondo
subject of the Mona Lisa
Bona Sforza
Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania
Caterina Sforza
Lady of Imola and Countess of Forlì (1463-1509)
Isabella d'Este
Italian noble
Angela Merici
Foundress of the Ursulines
Bianca Maria Sforza
Holy Roman Empress, Presumptive crown princess of Hungary
Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Austrian Archduchess, mother of Maria de' Medici (1547-1578)
Beatrice Cenci
Italian noblewoman and murderer
Eleanor of Toledo
Duchess of Florence (1522-1562)
Giulia Farnese
mistress to Pope Alexander VI
Isabella de' Medici
daughter of Cosimo I. de’ Medici and Eleonora of Toledo (1542-1576)
Isabella of Naples
Italian duchess of Milan (1470-1524)
Eleanor de' Medici
Family member of the House of Medici (1567-1611)
Virginia de' Medici
Italian noble (1568-1615)
Lucrezia de' Medici
Duchess of Ferrara
Cecilia Gallerani
mistress of Italian noble Ludovico Sforza
Lucrezia de' Medici
Italian noblewoman and member of the Medici family
Maria Salviati
florentine noblewoman
Gerolama Orsini
16th-century Italian noblewoman
Margaret Paleologa
Marchioness of Montferrat in her own right
Maddalena de' Medici
Italian noble
Alfonsina Orsini
Regent of the Republic of Firenze (1472-1520)
Margherita Aldobrandini
Noblewoman (1588-1646)
Clarice de' Medici
Italian noble (1493-1528)
Giulia Gonzaga
Italian noblewoman of the Renaissance
Eleonora Gonzaga
Duchess of Urbino (1493–1550)
Leonora Dori
Italian noble
Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara
Italian noble, sponsor of the arts (1564-1618)
Sancha of Aragon
Princess of Squillace, illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso II of Naples
Felice della Rovere
Illegitimate daughter of a Pope Julius II
Tarquinia Molza
Italian singer and composer
Lucrezia d'Este
daughter of Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara
Margarita Luti
Italian mistress and model of Raphael
Camilla Martelli
Second wife of Cosimo I de' Medici
Princess Maria de' Medici of Tuscany
Tuscan Royal
Vittoria Farnese
daughter of Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma
Isabella Gonzaga
duchess
Giulia de' Medici
Italian noble
Costanza Farnese
1500 - 23 May 1545
Giulia da Varano
duchess of Camerino
Contessina de' Medici
Italian noblewoman, daughter of Lorenzo the Magnificent
Filippa Duci
Italian courtesan, mistress of the future king Henry II of France
Eleonora di Garzia di Toledo
(1553-1576)
Livia della Rovere
Italian noble (1585-1641)
Giovanna d'Aragona
16th-century Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts
Ginevra Sforza
Italian noble
Barbara Torelli
Italian writer (1475-1533)
Clelia Farnese
Italian noblewoman (1556-1613)
Laura Dianti
mistress of Italian royalty
Caterina Cybo
Italian Duchess
Fillide Melandroni
Italian courtesan and art model
Leonora d'Este
second wife of Carlo Gesualdo
Ippolita Maria Sforza
eldest daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza and Isabella of Naples
Ricciarda I Malaspina, Marchioness of Massa-Carrara
Italian marchioness
Imperia Cognati
Italian courtesan
Marfisa d'Este
spouse of Alfonsino d'Este
Diana di Cordona
16th-century Italian nobewoman
Giulia Ammannati
Galileo Galilei mother
Giovanna d'Aragona, Duchess of Amalfi
Italian aristocrat, daughter of Enrico d'Aragona; lived 1477–1510