Bianca Cappello

Bianca Cappello
Bianca Cappello by Scipione Pulzone
Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany
Tenure	12 June 1579 – 20 October 1587
Coronation	12 June 1579
Born	1548 Venice, Republic of Venice
Died	20 October 1587(1587-10-20) (aged 38–39) Poggio a Caiano, Tuscany
Spouse	Pietro Bonaventuri ​ ​ (m. 1563; died 1572)​ Francesco I de' Medici ​ ​ (m. 1578; died 1587)​ [1]
Issue	Virginia Pellegrina Bonaventuri Antonio de' Medici
Names Bianca Cappello
House	Cappello Medici
Father	Bartolomeo Cappello
Mother	Pellegrina Morosini

Bianca Cappello (1548 – 20 October 1587) was an Italian noblewoman, the Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany by marriage to Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. She was Francesco's mistress that later married him to became his consort. Coincidentally, the creation of the fortunate term serendipity by the writer Horace Walpole is due to a portrait of Bianca.