Marianna Marchesa Florenzi

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Picture of Marchesa Florenzis in the Neue Pinakothek , 1824 by Heinrich Maria von Hess in Rome on behalf of Ludwig I.
Image of Marchesa Florenzis from the gallery of beauties of Ludwig I.
Bust of Marianna Florenzis, 1829 by Thorvaldsen in the Thorvaldsen Museum

Marianna Marchesa Florenzi (born November 9, 1802 in Ravenna , † April 15, 1870 in Florence ), also Marianna Bacinetti Florenzi Waddington , was an Italian nobleman, translator of philosophical writings, philosopher and friend of Ludwig I of Bavaria.

Youth and first marriage

The daughter of Count Giuseppe Bacinetti from Ravenna enjoyed a universal education in an institute in Faenza and was married to the 42-year-old Ettore Florenzi, Marchese di Rasina, at the age of 16 and has lived in Perugia ever since . At the age of 17, she gave birth to a daughter, Carlotta, on July 15, 1820.

Ludwig I.

In 1821 she met Crown Prince Ludwig, who later became Ludwig I, King of Bavaria , with whom she had a relationship that lasted for decades and who visited her in Italy many times, sometimes for weeks. They also met often in Germany. Over a period of 47 years - until Ludwig's death - she wrote over 2000 letters to Ludwig I, who in turn wrote around 3000 letters; Florenzi's letters are in the secret house archive of the Bavarian State Archives in Munich. Ludwig's letters have not survived. Correspondence with other people is partly in the Casa Silvestri, the seat of the Soprintendenza Archivistica dell'Umbria in Perugia.

How much he was attached to her is also shown by how many pictures he had made of her, such as the famous portrait of Heinrich Maria von Hess in 1824 (today in the Neue Pinakothek in Munich), in 1827 (or rather 1825) a portrait of Rehbenitz , In 1829 a bust of Bertel Thorvaldsen (today in the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen) and in 1828 a portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler (today in the beauty gallery of Nymphenburg Palace in Munich).

Marianna's son Ludovico, whom she gave birth to on October 31, 1821, was officially considered the son of her husband Ettore, but is very likely the son of Ludwig I, his godfather, who trained him and his sister in Bavaria and was caring for him throughout his life . For Ludwig's sake, Marianna Florenzi learned German. She also dealt with German literature.

Second marriage

After Ettore Florenzi's death in 1832, Marianna married the English gentleman Evelyn Waddington (1806-1883) in 1836 .

The philosopher

Literarily educated and interested in reading philosophical works, she represented the feminine ideal of an educated woman of the time and a witty hostess at cultural gatherings. She became a respected pioneer of German philosophy in Italy by translating important works and publishing them in Italian, such as writings von Schelling and Leibniz ' Monadology . It also promoted the spread of Kant and Spinoza in Italy. Politically she supported Italy's national movement. She published u. a. 1866 Saggio sulla natura. Dante, il poeta del pensiero and landed with it, as with other of her works, on the church index Librorum Prohibitorum .

The Florenzi family has now died out, the Villa La Colombella is the seat of a study center for aquatic affairs at the Università per Stranieri di Perugia and the Castello Ascagnano is privately owned.

literature

  • Daniela Crescenzio: Italian Walks in Munich, Volume III - Italian Women in Munich , 1st edition. IT-INERARIO, Rosenheim 2013, ISBN 978-3-981304-64-0 .
  • Jean Delisle (Ed.): Portraits de traductrices , Ottawa, Les Presses de l ' Université d'Ottawa , coll. “Regards sur la traduction” / Arras, Artois Presses Université, coll. “Traductologie”, 2002.
  • Natale Graziani and Maria Luisa Adversi Selvi: Amante reale. La marchesa Florenzi e il re di Baviera (biography), Milan 2009.
  • Angela Zucconi: Lodovico inammorato. La “love story” by Ludwig di Baviera , Milan 1983.
  • Johannes Glötzner (Ed.): I enjoyed your letter. From the letters of the Marchesa Florenzi to King Ludwig I of Bavaria , Graefelfing 2014 ISBN 978-3-942138-09-3

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniela Crescenzio: Italian Walks in Munich, Volume III - Italian Women in Munich , IT-INERARIO, Rosenheim 2013, ISBN 978-3-9813046-6-4 , pp. 114–128
personal data
SURNAME Florenzi, Marianna Marchesa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Florenzi Waddington, Marianna Bacinetti
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian nobleman, translator of philosophical writings, philosopher; Friend of Ludwig I of Bavaria
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1802
PLACE OF BIRTH Ravenna
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1870
Place of death Florence