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Costanza Sforza, Duchess of Sora
Costanza
Sforza
of
Santa Fiora
was an
Italian
noblewoman
. The
direct
granddaughter
of
Costanza Farnese
, she was
Duchess of Sora
and
married
Giacomo Boncompagni, Marquess of Vignola, and Duke of Sora
.
Lavinia Fontana
, a
prominent
Bolognese
artist
,
painted
her portrait in
1594
. A year later, Constanza served as the
namesake
and
godmother
of Fontana's daughter.