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Elena Cornaro Piscopia
Venetian philosopher (1646–1684)
Maria Luisa of Savoy
Queen consort of Spain (1688-1714)
Mary of Modena
Queen consort of England (1685-1688)
Eleonora Gonzaga
Austrian queen
Eleanor de' Medici
Family member of the House of Medici (1567-1611)
Margherita de' Medici
Duchess consort of Parma and Piacenza
Claudia de' Medici
Archduchess of Austria (1604-1648)
Virginia de' Medici
Italian noble (1568-1615)
Margaret Yolande of Savoy
Duchess consort of Parma (1635-1663)
Vittoria della Rovere
Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany (1622-1694)
Laura Mancini
Italian noble
Anna of Este
Duchess consort of Nemours
Lucrezia Barberini
Italian noble (1628-1699)
Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine
daughter of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga and Eleonora de' Medici (sister of Maria de' Medici), wife of Duke Henri I, Duchess of Lorraine (1591-1632)
Isabella of Savoy, Hereditary Princess of Modena
Savoyard and Modenese Royal
Laura Martinozzi
Italian noble (1639-1687)
Margherita Aldobrandini
Noblewoman (1588-1646)
Maria Caterina Farnese
Duchess of Modena and Reggio
Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma
Italian noble
Leonora Dori
Italian noble
Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat
Italian princess of the House of Gonzaga (1609-1660)
Maria d'Este
Italian noble (1644-1684)
Margherita Maria Farnese
Italian duchess
Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara
Italian noble, sponsor of the arts (1564-1618)
Tarquinia Molza
Italian singer and composer
Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria
Archduchess of Austria (1616-1676)
Olimpia Maidalchini
Italian noble (1594-1657)
Ippolita Trivulzio
Princes of Monaco
Isabella Gonzaga
duchess
Maria Angela Caterina d'Este
Italian noble
Livia della Rovere
Italian noble (1585-1641)
Silvia Ruffini
Italian noble woman and mistress of Pope Paul III (1475-1561)
Fillide Melandroni
Italian courtesan and art model
Leonora d'Este
second wife of Carlo Gesualdo
Olimpia Aldobrandini
Aldobrandini family member
Anna Canalis di Cumiana
Wife of the King of Savoy
Laura Margherita Mazzarini
Lady at the court of Louis XIV
Aurora Sanseverino
Italian noblewoman, poet, actress, patron
Girolama Mazzarini
French noble
Costanza Sforza, duchess of Sora
Italian duchess (1558-1617)
María Gamba
mother of Galileo Galilei's illegitimate children
Diamante Maria Scarabelli
Italian soprano singer (1675-1754)
Julia Carta
Italian folk healer
Isabella Appiani
Princess of Piombino from 1611 until 1628
Ippolita Ludovisi
Italian noble
Marie-Félicie des Ursins
Italian French noble
Brigida Pico
Italian noblewoman (1633–1720)
Maria Eleonora I Boncompagni
Princess of Piombino