# Ghismonda — The Decameron character guide

> Ghismonda in The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio.

**Role:** major

**First appearance:** 0040-the-first-story

## Who they are

A widowed princess of Salerno who chooses her own lover beneath her station, then defends that choice with a composure her father's rage cannot shake.

## In the story

### [The Eighth Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_decameron_se/chapters/the-eighth-story)

The princess who falsely accuses the Count of Antwerp after he rejects her advances.

### [Day the Fourth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_decameron_se/chapters/day-the-fourth)

Central figure in the first story of the day, a tragic love tale.

### [The First Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_decameron_se/chapters/the-first-story)

Tancred's daughter, who takes her own life after her lover's murder.

### [The Ninth Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_decameron_se/chapters/the-ninth-story)

The wife who loves Guardestaing and dies by suicide after eating his heart.

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