Lucida Mansi

Their marriage was the subject of much gossip, due to their significant age difference, and how much more attractive Lucida was than her husband.

Lucida was very vain, and is rumored to have dedicated an entire room in the Villa Mansi to mirrors in order to admire her own appearance.

Lucida died of the plague February 12, 1649, and was laid to rest in the chiesa dei Cappuccini a Lucca, in her family's crypt.

She was so cruel and concerned with the pleasures of the flesh that she killed her husband in order to be free to enjoy her many lovers.

The legend states that she killed her lovers after sleeping with them by throwing them down a ditch covered in sharp blades.