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Maria d'Aragona (1503–1568; born in d'Avalos Castello in Ischia) was the daughter of Duke Ferdinando di Montalto and Catalina Cardona and the granddaughter of King Ferdinand I of Naples, also called King Ferrante.[1] As a child, Maria d’Aragona grew up in a castle with the poet Vittoria Colonna, who had married d'Avalo's nephew.[2] It was here that Maria met Sannazaro, Tansillo, and Bernardo Tasso who would entertain her in later life at her own salons in Naples, Milan, and Pavia.[3]
- ^ Another Maria d'Aragona was the illegitimate daughter of King Ferrante of Naples by his concubine Diana Guardato, and Maria was married Antonio Todeschini Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi.
- ^ Musiol, Maria. Vittoria Colonna. p. 80.
- ^ Robin, Diana; Larsen, Anne; Levin, Carole (2007). Encyclopedia of Women in the Renaissance:Italy, France and England. Santa Barbara, CA. pp. 46–47.
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