Vittorio Alfieri

Vittorio Alfieri (died 1803) was born in Asti on 16 January 1749. A pupil at the academy of Turin, he left it in 1766 for long journeys across Europe, from England to Spain. Having come to Tuscany to perfect his Italian, he met Louise of Stolberg, wife of the pretender Charles Edward Stuart, who became his companion, and he ceded his property to his sister in return for an annuity. He wrote nineteen tragedies. He died in Florence on 8 October 1803.

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• TheatreSaulVittorio Alfieri · 1785LiteraturePublic domain