Eleonora degli Albizzi
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Eleonora degli Albizzi was a mistress of Cosimo I de' Medici, the Grand Duke of Tuscany. She had an illegitimate son with him, Don Giovanni de' Medici.
Ritratto di Eleonora degli Albizi
Camilla Martelli
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Camilla Martelli was first the lover and then the second wife of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. She was the mother of Virginia de' Medici, future Duchess of Modena.
Eleonora degli Albizzi
…legitimate children played in arranging to remove Albizzi from the Grand Duke's orbit. (Meanwhile, Cosimo had started an affair with another young woman, Camilla Martelli.) Eleonora had three children with Carlo, including Bartolomeo (born 1577). However, in 1578, she was accused of adultery and confined to the Monastery…
Camilla Martelli, wife of Cosimo I de' Medici