Manon Balletti

Manon Balletti (1740–1776) was the daughter of Italian actors performing in France and lover of the famous adventurer Giacomo Casanova.

She was ten years old when she first met him; she happened to be the daughter of Silvia Balletti, an actress of the Comédie Italienne company and younger sister of Casanova's closest friend.

The lovers started their relationship when Casanova was thirty-two years old and Manon was seventeen.

Manon married the architect Jacques-François Blondel a short while after, disappointing Casanova, who believed that he would one day be able to settle down with her.

Casanova wrote in his memoirs that he believed his behavior shortened her life.