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Italian poet and politician

Veronica Gambara (29 or 30 November ^[1][2] – 13 June ) was an Italian poet and politician.

She was the ruler of the County of Correggio from until

Biography

Born in Pralboino (now in the Province of Brescia), in Lombardy, Italy, Gambara came from a distinguished family, one of the seven children of Count Gianfrancesco da Gambara and Alda Pio da Carpi.^[1] Her family contained a number of distinguished female intellectuals, including her great-aunts, the humanist poets Ginevre and Isotta Nogarola.^[3]:&#;&#; Veronica was also a niece of Emilia Pia, the principal female interlocutor of Baldessare Castiglione's Il Cortegiano.^{[4]:&#;–61&#;}

Gambara received a humanist education, studying Latin, Greek, philosophy, theology and scripture.^{[4]:&#;&#;[3]:&#;&#;} In , at the age of 17, she began corresponding with the leading neo-Petrarchan, Piet