Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel
Italian poet, editor (1752-1799)
Eleonora Anna Maria Felice de Fonseca Pimentel (Italian: [eleoˈnɔːra ˈanna maˈriːa feˈliːtʃe de fonˈsɛːka pimenˈtɛl]; born Leonor da Fonseca Pimentel Chaves, Portuguese: [ljuˈnoɾ ðɐ fõˈsekɐ pimẽˈtɛl ˈʃavɨʃ, lewˈ-]; 13 January 1752 – 20 August 1799) was an Italian poet, librarian, and revolutionary. As a revolutionary, she was connected with the Neapolitan revolution and subsequent short-lived Neapolitan Republic (also known as the Parthenopean Republic) of 1799, a sister republic of the French Republic and one of many set up in the 1790s in Europe.
Early life and family
Pimentel was born in Rome to a Portuguese noble family. She wrote poetry, read Latin and Greek and spoke several languages (Italian, Portuguese, French and a little English). As a child, she moved with her family to Naples following political difficulties between the Papal States (of which Rome was the capital) and the Kingdom of Portugal. Her mother's death in 1771 left her with a substantial dowry, and she became engaged to her first cousin, Miguel Lopes. In 1776 the engagement broke off, and her father acquired a husband for her, Pasquale Tria de Solis, lieutenant of the Neapolitan Army, whom she married In 1778. In October of the same year, she gave birth to a son, Francesco. However, the infant died about eight months later. He was Eleonora's only child, as violence from her husband resulted in two later miscarriages.
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