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Trogia Gazzella was born in 1460 in Gaeta, daughter of Antonio Gazzella of Gaeta. [1] and Orsina Carafa di Castelluccio. [2] She was first married to Antonio Carbone of Naples and then, in 1495, to Cesare Gesualdo of Capua. [3]
During her first marriage she lived at the court of Naples and became the mistress of King Alfonso II. By him she had a daughter and a son:
Trogia Gazzella died in Naples in 1511 [2]
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