Bartolomea di Stefano Nelli

(c. 1441–1496)

BIRTH

c. 1441

PLACE

Unknown

DEATH

October 11, 1496

PLACE

Unknown

FAMILY

MOTHER

Niccolò Machiavelli

(1469-1527)

HUSBAND

Bernardo di Niccolò Machiavelli

(1428–1500)

HOMES

RELIGIOUS VIEWS

RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED

DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED

MEMBERSHIPS

AWARDS

Bartolomea de’ Nelli was Niccolò Machiavelli’s mother. Widowed from Niccolò Benizzi, she married Bernardo Machiavelli in 1458 and had four children with him.

EARLY LIFE

Treccani gives her father as Stefano de’ Nelli, while noting a variant in older scholarship. Her approximate birth year comes from a 1470 tax record.

CAREER

DEATH

Treccani dates her death to October 11, 1496; another entry records her burial the following day.