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Castiglione,Count Baldassare — Cas·ti·glio·ne (kä stĭl yōʹnā, stē lyōʹnĕ), Count Baldassare. 1478 1529. Italian diplomat and writer best known for Il Cortegiano (1528), which describes the perfect courtier. * * * … Universalium
Count Carlo Ottavio Castiglione — Count Carlo Ottavio Castiglione † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Count Carlo Ottavio Castiglione Philologist and numismatist (see Numismatics), b. of an ancient family at Milan, Italy, 1784; d. at Genoa, 10 April, 1849. He was descended from … Catholic encyclopedia
Castiglione, Virginia Oldoini Verasis, Countess di — ▪ Tuscan noblewoman born March 22, 1835, Florence, duchy of Tuscany [Italy] died Nov. 28, 1899, Paris, France Tuscan noblewoman who occupied a predominant position in the courts of both Turin and Paris and influenced Franco Italian… … Universalium
Castiglione, Baldassare — (1478 1529) Italian author and diplomat, best known for his Il cortegiano The Courtier, first published in Venice in 1528, a work that greatly influenced Renaissance culture. Castiglione was born in Casàtico, near Mantua, where his family… … Dictionary of Renaissance art
Carlo Ottavio, Count Castiglione — Carlo Ottavio Castiglione. Count Carlo Ottavio Castiglione (1784 1849) was an Italian philologist and numismatist, born of an ancient family at Milan, Italy, in 1784. He was descended from Baldass … Wikipedia
Baldassare Castiglione — Baldassare Castiglione. Portrait by Raphael Born December 6, 1478(1478 12 06) near Casatico, which is near … Wikipedia
Virginia Oldoini, Countess di Castiglione — (22 March1837–28 November1899), better known as La Castiglione , was an Italian courtesan and secret agent who achieved notoriety as a mistress of Emperor Napoleon III of France. She was partly responsible for Italian unification due to the… … Wikipedia
Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione — Virginia Oldoini The Countess of Castiglione in a photo by Pierre Louise Pierson, c.1863/66 Born Virginia Elisabetta Luisa Carlotta Antonietta Teresa Maria Oldoini 22 March 1837 Florence, Italy … Wikipedia
Baldassare Castiglione — Baldassare Castiglione † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Baldassare Castiglione An Italian prose writer, b. at Casatico, near Mantua, 6 December, 1478; died at Toledo, Spain, 7 February, 1529. After receiving a classical education at Milan,… … Catholic encyclopedia
Battle of Castiglione — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Castiglione partof=the French Revolutionary War campaign=War of the First Coalition caption= date=5 August, 1796 place=Venetia, present day Italy result=French victory combatant1=flagicon|France France … Wikipedia
