As a 13-year-old, with the promise of a large dowry from her father, in addition to her territories, she was married to the second son of King Edward III of England, Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, the predecessor of the Cathedral of Santa Maria Nascente, Milan, on 28 May 1368.

Between the courses, the guests were given gifts such as suits of armour, bolts of cloth, war horses, arms, and hunting dogs.

[3] On 18 April 1381, she married a third time to her cousin Ludovico Visconti, lord governor of Lodi and Parma.

He was the son of her paternal uncle Bernabò Visconti and his wife, Beatrice Regina della Scala.

[3] Violante died in Pavia in November 1386, at the age of 32[15] and was buried in the basilica of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro.