Emilia della Gherardesca

Emilia della Gherardesca was born in Pisa in the spring of 1328, the daughter of Bonifazio Novello della Gherardesca, called Fazio Novello, signore of Pisa, and his wife Bertecca Castracani.

She became the second wife of Ugolino Gonzaga, co-lord of Mantua, whose first wife Verde della Scala had died in 1340. Emilia herself died at Mantua in 1349 and was buried in the city's Cathedral of San Pietro.