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Lucida Mansi, the daughter of
Lucchese nobles, was said to be very beautiful and very vain. 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
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Lucida was married very young to
Vincenzo Diversi, who was killed in the early years of their marriage. Made a widow early, she was remarried to the old and very wealthy Gaspare di Nicolao Mansi. The wealthy
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was well-known earlier than the 16th century in much of Europe thanks to their trade in
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Lucida died of the plague
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throwing them down a ditch covered in sharp blades.
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