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Laudomia Forteguerri
Laudomia Forteguerri (1515-1555?) was an accomplished Italian poet and a member of one of the most powerful families in the sixteenth-century Republic of Siena. She is considered by some historians to be Italy’s earliest lesbian writer, and she was famous for her beauty, wit, and intelligence.〔Eisenbichler 114.〕 In January 1553 Forteguerri led a group of women in helping with the construction of a defensive bastion to protect her city against an anticipated attack from Imperial Spanish forces. The attack and siege that followed in 1554-55 ultimately lead to the fall of the independent Republic. Forteguerri became a legendary figure in Sienese history and her legacy has lived on long after her death.
== Early life ==
Laudomia Forteguerri was born in 1515 to Alessandro di Niccodemo Forteguerri and Virginia di Giuli Pecci.〔Eisenbichler 103〕 At her baptism it was observed that Forteguerri was “unique in the world and of rare beauty”—a fitting entrance into society for a woman who would be noted for her exceptional charm, intelligence, and beauty throughout her life.〔Eisenbichler 103.〕 Laudomia Forteguerri was the child of her father’s second wife, and she had one older half-brother, Niccodemo Forteguerri, who would become a prominent Sienese captain in the siege of Siena.〔Eisenbichler 105〕〔McClure 51〕 Alessandro Forteguerri married Virginia Pecci in 1515 after the death of Niccodemo’s mother, and the couple had at least seven children together in addition to Laudomia.〔Eisenbichler 105.〕 Forteguerri's parents were members of some of the most powerful feudal families of sixteenth-century Siena; the Forteguerri and Pecci clans were highly influential, and together they controlled much of the civic and ecclesiastical life of the city.〔Eisenbichler 103〕 Both of Forteguerri's parents were descendents of Siena's imperial counts and were members of the Noveschi, a powerful group that had ruled Siena in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.〔Douglas 35〕〔Eisenbichler 103.〕 Thus Forteguerri enjoyed a highly elite status within the city.
Forteguerri married Giulio di Alessandro Colombini (a member of another powerful Noveschi family) in her late teens, and while the exact date of the wedding is uncertain, it is known to have occurred before 1535.〔Eisenbichler 106.〕 Although it was common for many women in Northwestern Europe during the Renaissance to delay marriage until their mid-to-late twenties and to marry a man close to their own age, Italian noblewomen often married somewhat younger, as Forteguerri did.〔Robin et al 135.〕 Italian noblewomen also frequently married men who were up to ten years their senior, thus it was not at all unusual that Giulio was eight years older than the teenaged Forteguerri.〔Robin et al 135〕〔Eisenbichler 106.〕 Laudomia and Giulio had three children together, Olimpia Antonia (born in 1535), Antonia Anna (born in 1537), and Allesandro Antonio (born in 1539), and Giulio died some time around 1542.〔Eisenbichler 106.〕 After being widowed, in 1544 Forteguerri remarried to Petruccio Petrucci, a member of the powerful ruling family of Siena during this era.〔Eisenbichler 106〕 Remarriage was very common during the Renaissance, but widows often had more latitude in their marital choices, so it is perhaps telling that Forteguerri’s new husband was much closer to her own age, at just two years her senior.〔Robin et al 241〕〔Eisenbichler 106.〕 As was the custom during this time, Laudomia’s children by Giulio were sent to live with the Colombini family; she and her new husband had no children together, and little is known regarding their married life.〔Eisenbichler 106.〕
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