Costanza d'Avalos Piccolomini
Costanza d'Avalos Piccolomini was a duchess of Amalfi. A lady of great worth, she cultivated Italian poetry with great success. Charles V gave her the title of princess, as a mark of his esteem. Her poems have been published several times with those of Victoria Colonna, her cousin; there are several of her pieces also in the collection by Ludovico Domenichi.
In later years she moved to the convent of Santa Chiara a Napoli, where she died.
