Years in Rome
After the Cardinal's death in 1519, she spent seven years in Siena, before she returned to Rome in 1526. Entering into the world as courtesan at age 18, became successful as a writer and an intellectual. She was often seen in the company of poets, such as Sperone Speroni. Available evidence suggests that she was highly mobile and stayed in Bologna in 1529, where Pope Clement VII and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V were engaged in negotiations after the Sack of Rome in 1527.
In 1531, she became involved with Filippo Strozzi, a Florentine banking magnate who had been famous for a short-lived affair with Italy's most beautiful courtesan, Camilla Pisana. Strozzi became so enamored with d'Aragona that he shared state secrets with her and had to be recalled to Florence. Other lovers included Emilio Orsini, who founded a Tullia Society of six cavaliers who protected her honor.
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