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209: 252:. She fled into the night, accompanied by a single knight. James Reston alleges that Gonzaga later had the knight killed because she had been nearly nude during her escape, and he had seen too much, though he provides no reference for this claim. There is also speculation that Barbarossa's attempt may have been motivated by members of the 193:). In 1528 her husband died, leaving the County of Rodigo to her upon the condition that she not remarry. Giulia organized her palace as a center of culture, attracting the attention of many of her contemporaries as much for these activities as for her famous beauty, though she refused to marry again. She had a liaison with Cardinal 40: 259:
Giulia Gonzaga joined a convent in Naples in 1535 (at age 22); she did not become a nun, but lived in the convent as a laywoman and kept her domain as countess of Rodigo. In the convent she met
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A Princess of the Italian Reformation: Giulia Gonzaga, 1513-1566, Her Family and Her Friends
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in 1536. This encounter and subsequent correspondence brought her to the attention of the
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Giulia Gonzaga died at age 53 in 1566. After her death, her correspondence with
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In the night of 8–9 August 1534, the town of Fondi was attacked by the corsair
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Giulia Gonzaga and the Religious Controversies of Sixteenth-century Italy
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to express her lack of agreement with the later writings of de Valdés.
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wishing to recover their lands after Vespasiano Colonna's death.
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Early Modern Women and Transnational Communities of Letters
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Diana Maury Robin; Anne R. Larsen; Carole Levin (2007).
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as the heir of her late spouse between 1528 and 1541.
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Index

Fondi

Gazzuolo
Rome
Papal States
Noble family
Gonzaga
Vespasiano Colonna
Ludovico Gonzaga
Renaissance
Rodigo
Gazzuolo
Mantua
Ludovico Gonzaga
Sabbioneta
Bozzolo
Fieschi
Vespasiano Colonna
Fondi
Traetto
Minturno
Ippolito de' Medici
Florence
Itri

Barbarossa
Suleiman the Magnificent
Ibrahim Pasha
Ottoman Imperial Harem
slave concubine

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