Costanza d'Avalos Piccolomini (born 1560) was a
duchess of Amalfi
Medieval Amalfi was ruled, in the tenth and eleventh centuries, by a series of dukes ( la, duces), sometimes called ''dogi'' (singular: ''doge''), corresponding with the republic of Venice, a maritime rival throughout the Middle Ages. Before the t ...
. A lady of great worth, she cultivated Italian poetry with great success.
Charles V gave her the title of princess, as a mark of his esteem. Her poems have been published several times with those of
Victoria Colonna, her cousin; there are several of her pieces also in the collection by
Ludovico Domenichi (Lucca, 1559, 8vo; and Naples, 1595).
In later years she moved to the convent of
Santa Chiara a Napoli, where she died.
References
1560 deaths
Duchesses in Italy
Italian women poets
Costanza
Costanza
Year of birth unknown
16th-century Italian women writers
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