Caterina Cybo

Caterina Cybo
Duchess of Camerino
Reign 1520-1535
Born (1501-09-13)13 September 1501
Died 17 February 1557(1557-02-17) (aged 55)
Noble family Cybo
Spouse(s)
Giovanni Maria da Varano
(m. 1520; death 1527)
Issue
Giulia Varano
Father Franceschetto Cybo
Mother Maddalena de' Medici

Caterina Cybo (1501-1557) was the duchess of Camerino.[1]

Her mother was Maddalena de' Medici and her father was Franceschetto Cybo, and she was the granddaughter of Lorenzo de' Medici and a niece of Pope Leo X.[2][1]

In 1520 she married Giovanni Maria da Varano, the duke of Camerino, but in 1527 he died of the plague.[1] They had a daughter, Giulia, and Caterina arranged Giulia's marriage to Guidobaldo II della Rovere, which occurred in 1534.[1]

She was part of the wedding of Catherine de' Medici and Henri II of France, which occurred in 1533.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Diana Maury Robin; Anne R. Larsen; Carole Levin (2007). Encyclopedia of Women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England. ABC-CLIO. pp. 79–. ISBN 978-1-85109-772-2.
  2. ↑ The Medieval Household in Christian Europe, C. 850-c. 1550: Managing Power, Wealth, and the Body pg. 357, by Cordelia Beattie, Anna Maslakovic, and Sarah Rees Jones
  3. ↑ "Eglise Saint-Ferréol les Augustins | Marseille 13" (in French). Marseille13.fr. Retrieved 2018-01-17.


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