Quo Fuit places 9 dated presences for Vittoria Colonna across 6 places, from 1492 to 1547.
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Vittoria Colonna (April 1492 to 25 February 1547), Marchioness of Pescara, was an Italian noblewoman and poet.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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1492year
Marino, Lazioattested“Colonna was born at Marino in 1492, a fief of the Colonna family in the Alban Hills, near Rome.”source: Wikipedia: Vittoria Colonna
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Alban Hillsattested“Colonna was born at Marino in 1492, a fief of the Colonna family in the Alban Hills, near Rome.”source: Wikipedia: Vittoria Colonna
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Romeattested“Colonna was born at Marino in 1492, a fief of the Colonna family in the Alban Hills, near Rome.”source: Wikipedia: Vittoria Colonna
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Ischiaattested“In 1501, the Colonna family's possessions and land were confiscated by Pope Alexander VI, and the family moved to Ischia, the home of Colonna's betrothed.”source: Wikipedia: Vittoria Colonna
1525year
Marino, Lazioattested“Colonna spent the summer of 1525 at her father's castle in Marino, where she fell ill, and she suffered illness for the rest of her life.”source: Wikipedia: Vittoria Colonna
1529year
Romeattested“In 1529, Colonna returned to Rome and spent the next few years between that city, Orvieto, Ischia and other places.”source: Wikipedia: Vittoria Colonna
8 May 1537exact date
Ferraraattested“On 8 May 1537, Colonna arrived in Ferrara with some other women with the intention of continuing to travel to Venice and then to the Holy Land.”source: Wikipedia: Vittoria Colonna
8 May 1537exact date
Veniceattested“On 8 May 1537, Colonna arrived in Ferrara with some other women with the intention of continuing to travel to Venice and then to the Holy Land.”source: Wikipedia: Vittoria Colonna
25 February 1547exact date
Romeattested“She returned to Rome in 1544, staying as usual at the convent of San Silvestro and died there on 25 February 1547.”source: Wikipedia: Vittoria Colonna
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Ischiamentioned“The couple lived together in Ischia until 1511, when her husband offered his sword to the League against the French.”source: Wikipedia: Vittoria Colonna
3 December 1525exact date
Battle of Paviamentioned“On 3 December 1525, Fernando died at Milan from the wounds that he had sustained at the Battle of Pavia.”source: Wikipedia: Vittoria Colonna
3 December 1525exact date
Milanmentioned“On 3 December 1525, Fernando died at Milan from the wounds that he had sustained at the Battle of Pavia.”source: Wikipedia: Vittoria Colonna
1535year
Ischiamentioned“In 1535, her sister-in-law, Giovanna d'Aragona, separated from Colonna's brother Ascanio and came to Ischia.”source: Wikipedia: Vittoria Colonna
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Romementioned“At the age of 46, in 1536, she was back in Rome, where she won the esteem of Cardinals Reginald Pole and Contarini and began a passionate friendship with 61-year-old Michelangelo Buonarrotti.”source: Wikipedia: Vittoria Colonna
1538year
Romementioned“Her friends ultimately dissuaded her from travelling to the Holy Land, and she returned to Rome in 1538.”source: Wikipedia: Vittoria Colonna
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Orvietomentioned“Her removal to Orvieto and Viterbo in 1541, on the occasion of her brother's revolt against Paul III, produced no change in their relations, and they continued to visit and correspond as before.”source: Wikipedia: Vittoria Colonna
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