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Giulia Farnese

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For we looked as if we had despoiled Florence of brocade.

Giulia Farnese (1474 – 23 March 1524) was an Italian noblewoman, a mistress to Pope Alexander VI, and the sister of Pope Paul III. Known as Giulia la Bella (Italian for 'Julia the Beautiful'), she was a member of the noble Farnese family, who were prominent leaders in the Italian regions of Parma and Piacenza.

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  • For we looked as if we had despoiled Florence of brocade.
    • Letter to Pope Alexander VI. On the impression made by herself, Giovanni, and the Pope's daughter Lucrezia in Pesaro. Archivium Secretum Apostol Vaticum, A.A., Arm. I-XVIII 5027, Lettere di diverse Dame scritte à Papa Alessandro VI, p. 18 · Ludwig Pastor, La Storia dei Papi, Supplemento al III (Rome: Desclee, 1912) letter 6, p. 473. Reported in Rachel Erlanger, Lucrezia Borgia: A Biography (New York: Hawthorn Books, 1978) p. 61
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