Diary of Marie Bashkirtseff

Loretta Lambertini

Also known as: Loretta Lambertini, Lambertini

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Show in diary 6 mentions

Overview

Countess Loreta (so in the 1877 press; «Loretta» in this project) Lambertini, who after the death of Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli (6 November 1876) sued his brothers for a share of the estate as his natural daughter. Contemporary reports (Papers Past, 1877, quoting the Rome correspondent of The Times) say she had been brought up as the daughter of a Mme Marconi, rested her claim on documents and on the evidence of a midwife, a priest and a servant of the cardinal, and that the heirs meant to attack the documents as forgeries. Mon Journal t.7 index: «Lambertini (Mme), fille du cardinal Antonelli».

Relevance to Marie

The rumour reaches Marie before the cardinal's death: Rossi says «le cardinal a une fille ... mariée à un certain Lambertini» (059.0215-0216), and Baron Visconti that «la fille est archi-placée» (059.0319-0320). In July 1877 she follows the lawsuit, «Le procès Lambertini-Antonelli continue à faire grand bruit» (073/1877-07-27; also 072/1877-07-06), because Pietro Antonelli's share of the inheritance depends on it.

References in Diary

  • First mentioned: 1876-04-23 (059)
  • Key entries: 1876-04-25 (059); 1877-07-06 (072); 1877-07-27 (073)

Sources

  • Papers Past, 27 September 1877 (MIC18770927.2.7): https://dynamic-rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MIC18770927.2.7

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