He had been married when he was just twenty-one and it had been arranged by his father and was considered to be one of the most fashionable Weddings of the year.
His father had chosen for him the daughter of the Duke of Tuscany and it had been a triumph for the then Marchese di Lucca to be closely affiliated to the Dukedom of Tuscany.
Vittorio had hardly met his wife before the Wedding.
She was just seventeen, not at all attractive and heavily built. She had none of the grace that he associated with the women depicted by the great artists whose pictures surrounded him at every turn.
They had a very grand Wedding attended by everyone in Florence and the Marriage was celebrated by His Holiness the Pope.
After hours of eating and drinking, the young couple had driven away on their honeym
