60) Bianca Cappello

Bianca Cappello (1548 – 1587). Italian noblewoman who was the mistress, and afterward the second wife, of Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Her husband officially made her his consort.

- "Not much is known about her childhood, but by the time she reached adolescence, she was known for her great beauty, with reddish blond hair and a voluptuous figure." http://www.projectcontinua.org/bianca-capello/

- " Francesco was ready to promise anything, for he was captivated by the ripe charms of this Venetian girl of sixteen, with her ruddy golden hair." https://royalfavourites.blogspot.com/2018/07/mantova.html