Bianca Cappello

Bianca Cappello was a Venetian noblewoman who became the second wife of Francesco I de’ Medici and Grand Duchess of Tuscany. Her flight from Venice, relationship with Francesco and disputed death generated a durable historical and literary legend. Robert Elegant’s Bianca makes her ambitions and divided loyalties the centre of a novel about Venice, Florence and Medici power.

This record is supplied for the Robert Elegant book enrichment and should be linked only where the person is substantively represented in the novel.