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 Casati was withdrawn during much of her youth, for her mother died when she was only six years old, but many people considered her beautiful.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 "" meaning "woman in whom beauty, grace and gentle manners harmonized wonderfully together", Ugo Foscolo wrote that she was "", meaning "A young, holy and beautiful girl", and she was proposed to by the Duke of Pasquier, but was dissuaded by her father. and in 1806, Teresa Casati married Count Federico Confalonieri, an aristocrat and figure in the Milanese patriotic movement.

An epitaph was inscribed on her tomb, written by Alessandro Manzoni.

The City of Muggiò Theatre Competition created an award named after Teresa Casati Confalonieri in 2024.

In film Loyalty of Love, about her life Il conte Aquila, about her husband's life