Cristina was famous in life and not only in Italy. Celebrated for decades even after death, thanks to his contribution to the cause of the Unification of Italy, is now almost unknown. In Milan, where his name was known to all, its wealth, beauty, courage el'anticonformismo, is remembered today with a suburban street that leads to, however, after the motorway exit Roserio.
Cristina was a frail and shy girl, very young but already proved to be fearless. He was born into a noble and wealthy family, his father died when she was only four years and yet his was a serene childhood: her mother remarried Alessandro Visconti d'Aragona, had four sons and Cristina had good and loving relationships with both the stepfather with siblings. As they used at that time in noble families, was not sent to school and took lessons at home instead. Determinant his training was his relationship with the art teacher, Ernesta Bisi, who first made her a glimpse of new ideas, and friendship with Bianca Milesi: ideas that came from France and did not like even a little 'to the powerful maternal grandfather Christina, Grand Chamberlain of the Emperor of Austria.
Cristina 16 years refused to marry a cousin sad and tearful, and married the other hand, although not recommended by friends, Prince Emilio of Belgaum: that was beautiful, young, she was syphilitic and cheerfully squandering his property. To give an idea of \u200b\u200bthe wealth of the family Trivulzio, think that Cristina brought him 400,000 pounds Austrian calculated today to 4 million €. The marriage did not last long Belgaum, but broke up peacefully in a friendship that lasted a lifetime.
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