Aliodea Morosini, called "Dea Moro" (died 1478), was the Dogaressa of Venice by marriage to the Doge Nicolò Tron (r. 1471-1473).
She was described by the chronicler Palazzo as the greatest beauty of the century, and legend claims that her beauty was of importance for the election of her spouse as doge because of the great beauty cult in Venice at the time. However, she was born to Silvestro Morosini and of an elder and more powerful family than her spouse, who was described as an upstart careerist. The coronation of her as a dogaressa was described as more magnificent than any previous in the history of Venice. She was described as a humble person. As a widow she retired to a convent and refused a state burial.
References
- Archivio storico italiano (in Italian). Leo S. Olschki. 1884.
- Ceriana, Matteo (2007). Tullio Lombardo: scultore e architetto nella Venezia del Rinascimento : atti del Convegno di studi, Venezia, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, 4-6 aprile 2006 (in Italian). Fondazione Giorgio Cini. ISBN 978-88-8314-452-3.
- Staley, Edgcumbe: The dogaressas of Venice : The wives of the doges, London : T. W. Laurie, 1910
- Molmenti, Pompeo (1887). La dogaressa di Venezia (in Italian). L. Roux.
- Staley, Edgcumbe: The dogaressas of Venice : The wives of the doges, London : T. W. Laurie, 1910
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