Tullia d'Aragona

Tullia d' Aragona (* 1510 in Rome, † 1556 same place ) was considered one of the most famous courtesans of the Renaissance; and an admired poet and philosopher in 16th-century Italy.

Origin

Tullia was the daughter of the courtesan Giulia Ferrarese and her lover, Archbishop and Cardinal Luigi d' Aragona, an illegitimate grandson of King Ferdinand I of Naples.

Later life

Tullia d' Aragona had the reputation of a Cortigiana onesta, an intellectual courtesan. She got over her father an extensive education in literature, philosophy, and spoke several languages. In her salon in Ferrara, Florence and Venice wrong respected men of the Roman clergy, poets, scientists and policy; including Giulio Camillo Francesco Maria Molza, Filippo Strozzi, Ippolito de ' Medici, Benedetto and Girolamo Muzio Varchi. In Siena Tullia d' Aragona wanted to make the process as a courtesan in Rome and it was published as a prostitute on the control list. The most of her life she spent in Ferrara and Rome, where she lived until the death of her husband. As a widow, she went under the protection of the Duchess Eleonora of Toledo, with their support, they brought out a book of verses and poems. Your dialogues on the infinity of love ( Dialogo dell ' Infinita d' Amore, 1547) on the view of Plato's love. Tullia d' Aragona died in 1556 in Rome impoverished as a prostitute.