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Louisa Bernini

Sweet-tempered and gentle, the marquis's first wife was loved for her manners more than her beauty — and is thought to have died of his neglect.

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Also known as Louisa de Bernini, de Bernini

First appearance: iv

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Louisa Bernini, second daughter of the Count della Salario, brought to Mazzini the mildness her husband's imperious nature could not tolerate. Her marriage to the marquis produced a son and two daughters, but his…

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OROrlandoMMMarquis MazziniHDHippolitus de …FEFerdinandMDMadame de MenonLBLouisa Bernini

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