About Teresa Casati
Teresa Casati Confalonieri (17 September 1787 – 26 September 1830) was an Italian noblewoman and revolutionist. She is known as the wife of revolutionist Federico Confalonieri, sister of former Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia, Gabrio Casati, and as an important figure in the Risorgimento. == Biography == === Early life === Teresa Casati was born in Milan into the Lombard noble Casati family. She was the eldest daughter of Count Gaspare Casati and his first wife Maria Orrigoni of Ello, and the elder sister of Gabrio Casati. Casati was raised by her father's second wife, Luigia dei Conti Settala. Casati was withdrawn during much of her youth, for her mother died when she was only six years old, but many people considered her beautiful. Giovanni Arrivabene wrote that she was a "donna in cui la bellezza, la grazia, i gentili modi armonizzavano mirabil- mente insieme" meaning "woman in whom beauty, grace and gentle manners harmonized wonderfully together", Ugo Foscolo wrote that she was "Giovinetta santa e bellissima", meaning "A young, holy and beautiful girl", and she was proposed to by the Duke of Pasquier, but was dissuaded by her father. === Marriage === After meeting at a ball, Count Federico Confalonieri and Casati fell in love. His father's mother asked for Casati's hand in marriage, to which her father agreed, and in 1806, Teresa Casati married Count Federico Confalonieri, an aristocrat and figure in the Milanese patriotic movement. The couple had one son, Francesco (14 August 1807 – 2 June 1813), who died after being dropped.
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