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| | Vittoria Colonna |
 | | Vittoria Colonna (1490-1547), marchioness of Pescara[?], Italian poet, daughter of Fabrizio Colonna[?], grand constable of the kingdom of Naples, and of Anna da Montefeltro[?], was born at Marino[?], a fief of the Colonna family. |
 | | Betrothed when four years old at the instance of Ferdinand, king of Naples, to Ferrante de Avalos[?], son of the marquis of Pescara, she received the highest education and gave early proof of a love of letters. |
 | | Her removal to Orvieto and Viterbo in 1541, on the occasion of her brother Ascanio Colonna[?]'s revolt against Paul III, produced no change in their relations, and they continued to visit and correspond as before. |
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