Eleonora di Garzia di Toledo (March 1553 – 1576), more often known as
"Leonora" or "Dianora". Daughter of García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th
Marquis of Villafranca, Duke of Fernandina, and the wife of Don Pietro de' Medici, a son of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Leonora
was born in Florence, where she was brought up by Cosimo and Eleanor of
Toledo, her aunt and namesake. Betrothed to their son Pietro at the age
of 15, she blossomed under the wing of Pietro's older sister, the
artistic patron Isabella, into a vivacious and witty beauty. Her
marriage, like Isabella's, was not a success, and she followed her
mentor's example of taking lovers. For this reason, Pietro had her
brought in 1576 to the country retreat of Cafaggiolo, where he strangled
her to death with a dog leash.
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