Daughter of Guido da Polenta, Lord of Ravenna. Her story is
told in Dante's Inferno (canto v.). She was married to Lanciotto
Malatesta, Lord of Rimini, but committed adultery with Paolo, her
husband's brother. Both were put to death by him in 1389. Leigh Hunt
has a poem, and Silvio Pellico a tragedy, on the subject.
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