Francescada Rimini

Francesca da Ri·mi·ni (də rĭmʹə-nē, dä rēʹmē-nē), Died c. 1285.

Italian noblewoman. Unhappily married, she fell in love with her brother-in-law. When her husband learned of the affair, he murdered his wife and brother, a tragedy recounted in Dante's Inferno.

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