# Ninetta — The Decameron character guide

> Ninetta in The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0053-the-second-story

## Snapshot

A Cretan noblewoman whose jealous fury drives her to a crime that only her sister's sacrifice can redeem.

## Who they are

Ninetta moves among the wealthy young lovers of Candia, entangled with Folco and Ughetto in a circle of secret passion and rivalry. When jealousy overwhelms her, she commits an act that brings the Duke of Crete's justice down upon her, and she faces the fire with no defense but the devotion of her sister Maddalena. Her fate turns the brigata's attention to how love, when poisoned by suspicion, can destroy the very people it claims to serve.

## In the story

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

Eldest sister, lover of Restagnone; poisons him out of jealousy, later flees with Folco after Maddalena's murder.

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

Daughter of the King of Tunis; falls in love with Gerbino by hearsay; is killed by her own crew to prevent capture.

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

The wife of Egano, who reciprocates Lodovico's love and cleverly orchestrates the deception.

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