Isabella Teotochi Albrizzi

Born in 1760 in Corfu, she was a member of the prominent Theotokis family. In 1776 she married the Venetian patrician Carlo Antonio Marin but they divorced after a couple of years. Meanwhile, Theotoki moved to Venice where she completed her studies and gained the reputation of a well-educated woman. In 1796 she was married again, this time to the state inquisitor Giovanni-Battista Albrizzi.

Isabella Albrizzi was the host of a salon which was the literary and artistically center of contemporary Venice. Among her friends and guests were Ugo Foscolo, Antonio Canova, Lord Byron and Ippolito Pindemonte. In 1807 she published her work Ritratti.

She died in Venice, on 27 September 1836. She had two sons, Giovanni-Battista Marin and Giuseppe Albrizzi.

Source: Livre d'or de la noblesse ionienne, Eugenios Rizos Rankabēs - Maison d'Éditions "Eleftheroudakis", 1925

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