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| Bonne of Savoy Duchess of Milan @mun-sal-vache.tumblr |
(1449-1503)
Her lover was:
Italian courtier
"In 1479, palace voices whispered that the thirty-year-old widowed duchess had taken a lover. His name was Antonio Tassino, a handsome young footman in her household. The infatuated duchess shared the secret deliberations of her court and other sensitive information with her new favorite, earning him the resentment of the faithful Cicco, who refused to discuss matters of state in the presence of the upstart. Soon the duchess found herself at the center of a bitter rivalry within her own intimate circle. Her brothers-in-law, especially Ludovico, known as 'the Moor' because of his dark complexion, had been waiting for such a golden opportunity to reintroduce themselves into court. Their ambition and dubious loyalty had led Galeazzo Maria to keep them at arm's length, a policy followed by the regent Bona. They seized upon the naive Tassino as a path to Bona. Professing a sincere desire to make peace with his sister-in-law, Ludovico implored Tassino to convince to Bona to speak with him. Under Tassino's influence, the duchess relented and agreed to meet him on September 7, 1479. The moment Cicco heard of the encounter, he solemnly foretold that because of it, he would 'lose his head and the illustrious duchess would lose her reign' Three days later, Cicco was imprisoned for treason." (The Tigress of Forli: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de' Medici: 54)
" . . . The adviser of this measure was Antonio Tassino of Ferrara, a man of low birth, who, happening to visit Milan, received the notice of the late Duke Galeazzo, and was recommended by him as a valet de chambre to the Duchess. After the death of the Duke, he became so great a favorite of the Duchess by the gracefulness of his person or for some private reason, that he had almost entire control in the state. (, pp. 190-191)
"...[T]he Duchesse Bonne, had the wardship of her children, and lived a pleasant life in her beautiful palace, where Commines remembered to have seen her in great authority. She had two little boys and a girl; she had excellent counsellors, a court full of admirers, beautiful clothes, and a devoted lover... There was in the palace a young man who carved before her at table, Antonio Tassino, an adventurer from Ferrara, 'of very mean parentage,' not handsome, but with a certain grace and air in the way he wore his cloak. This was the Duchess's lover, and there was no matter of state (says Corio) but she consulted her carver before she allowed it to pass... So great was his influence over the Duchess, that he persuaded her at last to privily recall her husband's brother, Il Moro...who was at that moment engaged in the war at Genoa." (The End of the Middle Ages: 301)
"Duchess Bona, a very beautiful woman, but, as Commines remarks, 'une dame de petit sens' had become infatuated with a certain Antonio Tassino, a Ferrarese youth of low extraction, whom Galeazzo had appointed carver at the royal table, and who, after the duke's death, had made himself indispensable to his mistress. The liaison had created a coolness between the duchess and her prime minister...." (Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497: 22)
" . . . The person who gave this advice was Antonio Tassino, of Ferrara, a man of low origin, who, coming to Milan, fell into the hands of the duke Galeazzo, and was given by him to his duchess for her valet. He, either from his personal attractions, or some secret influence, after the duke's death attained such influence over the duchess, that he governed the state almost at will. . . " (History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy: 279)
" . . . While Galeazzo had handled the baptism of another man's wife in April, his own daughter's nurse was being chosen in July by his own wife's favorite, Antonio Tassino. The court must have seemed a strange menage to observers when the duke traveled with both his mistress and his wife, who brought along her lover as well." (A Renaissance Court: 227)
"Bona was well aware of her incompetence in state matters. Now that her unfaithful husband was not around anymore, she spent most her time in bed with Antonio Tassino, a Ferrarese servant, who, as Machiavelli dryly observed later, must have had a 'secret virtue.'. . . ." (A Renaissance Court: 22)
" . . . The adviser of this measure was Antonio Tassino of Ferrara, a man of low birth, who, happening to visit Milan, received the notice of the late Duke Galeazzo, and was recommended by him as a valet de chambre to the Duchess. After the death of the Duke, he became so great a favorite of the Duchess by the gracefulness of his person or for some private reason, that he had almost entire control in the state. (, pp. 190-191)
"...[T]he Duchesse Bonne, had the wardship of her children, and lived a pleasant life in her beautiful palace, where Commines remembered to have seen her in great authority. She had two little boys and a girl; she had excellent counsellors, a court full of admirers, beautiful clothes, and a devoted lover... There was in the palace a young man who carved before her at table, Antonio Tassino, an adventurer from Ferrara, 'of very mean parentage,' not handsome, but with a certain grace and air in the way he wore his cloak. This was the Duchess's lover, and there was no matter of state (says Corio) but she consulted her carver before she allowed it to pass... So great was his influence over the Duchess, that he persuaded her at last to privily recall her husband's brother, Il Moro...who was at that moment engaged in the war at Genoa." (The End of the Middle Ages: 301)
"Duchess Bona, a very beautiful woman, but, as Commines remarks, 'une dame de petit sens' had become infatuated with a certain Antonio Tassino, a Ferrarese youth of low extraction, whom Galeazzo had appointed carver at the royal table, and who, after the duke's death, had made himself indispensable to his mistress. The liaison had created a coolness between the duchess and her prime minister...." (Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497: 22)
" . . . The person who gave this advice was Antonio Tassino, of Ferrara, a man of low origin, who, coming to Milan, fell into the hands of the duke Galeazzo, and was given by him to his duchess for her valet. He, either from his personal attractions, or some secret influence, after the duke's death attained such influence over the duchess, that he governed the state almost at will. . . " (History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy: 279)
" . . . While Galeazzo had handled the baptism of another man's wife in April, his own daughter's nurse was being chosen in July by his own wife's favorite, Antonio Tassino. The court must have seemed a strange menage to observers when the duke traveled with both his mistress and his wife, who brought along her lover as well." (A Renaissance Court: 227)
"Bona was well aware of her incompetence in state matters. Now that her unfaithful husband was not around anymore, she spent most her time in bed with Antonio Tassino, a Ferrarese servant, who, as Machiavelli dryly observed later, must have had a 'secret virtue.'. . . ." (A Renaissance Court: 22)
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