Tag: Duke of Mantua

• Sofonisba and the Habsburg-Valois Royal Wedding 1560

  Sofonisba was one of the 17 original ladies in waiting chosen for the court of the new fourteen year old Spanish queen, the former Elisabeth de Valois, daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici. Eight Spanish noblewomen and eight French noblewomen comprised the rest of the young queen’s court. Sofonisba stood out…

  Donna DiGiuseppe

  October 10, 2018

  Sofonisba’s Life

  #Sofonisba, Catherine de Medici, Cremona, Duke of Mantua, Elisabeth de Valois, Habsburg, italian, Philip II, Portraiture, Renaissance Art, royal wedding 1560, Valois, women artists