VISCOUNT, Lucia

1385 - 1424  (39 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	VISCOUNT, Lucia
  Birth	1385	England
  Gender	Female
  Burial	Apr 1424	Austin Friars, London, England
  Death	14 Apr 1424	London, Essex, England
  WAC	11 Mar 1960	SLAKE
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  Person ID	I51346	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

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  Family	HOLLAND, Earl Edmund de ,   b. 6 Jan 1382, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England Brockenhurst, Hampshire, Englandd. 15 Sep 1408, Bréhat, Côtes-D'Armor, France (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	24 Jan 1406	Southwark, Surrey, England
  Family ID	F23958	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Lucia Visconti (Milan, 1372 – April 14, 1424) was the daughter of Bernabò Visconti, Lord of Milan, and Beatrice Regina della Scala. She was one of seventeen legitimate children. The Visconti household were the rulers of Milan from 1277 to 1447. As a result of this, she grew up extremely wealthy. Lucia Visconti is part of line that includes other powerful Visconti women, such as Isabeau of Bavaria, Valentina Visconti and Caterina Visconti. As a noblewoman in a powerful family, they were often expected to enter into marriages to form or strengthen alliances. Lucia and her sisters were all involved in Bernabo’s dynastic policy, as he married them off into many different ruling houses across Europe. Lucia herself was connected to various potential marriage partners, including both Henry Bolingbroke and then Frederick of Thuringia. However, in 1406 Lucia was to marry Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent. Lucia’s marriage with Edmund was complicated, as Edmund was selected as a husband for her though she had originally wanted to marry King Henry IV. As her father had died prior to the marriage, it was King Henry who gave her away at Edmund and Lucia’s wedding. Lucia and Edmund’s marriage lasted only a year before he died. From January 1407 to April 14, 1424 she was the Countess of Kent. She would not return to Milan. While widowhood for some consisted of being dependent on others, Lucia Visconti used her power and title to overcome debt. Her relationship with King Henry allowed her to avoid obstacles in which most widows would have to overcome. When she died in 1424 she left what money she had to nobles and lords in England. Due to her relationship with powerful political figures, Lucia remained a respected noblewoman.