Polidori, Frances Mary Lavinia |
SCHOLAR (ENGLAND) |
BORN 27 Apr 1800, London - DIED 8 Apr 1886, London GRAVE LOCATION London: Highgate Cemetery West, Swain's Lane, Highgate |
Daughter of the Italian exile Gaetano Polidori (1764-1853) and Anna Maria Pierce. She was the sister of John Polidori, Lord Byron's physician. Alltough she was strictly Anglican herself, she married the catholic Italian exile Gabriele Rossetti. Her oldest daughter Maria became an Anglican nun. Their other children were painter Gabriel Dante Rossetti, poet Christina Rossetti and author William Michael Rossetti. After Gabriele in 1854 died she quickly burned the remaining copies of his book "Mistero dell'Amor Platonico". Family Son: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Daughter: Rossetti, Christina Son: Rossetti, William Michael Husband: Rossetti, Gabriele Pasquale Giuseppe (1826-1854) |