The Travels of Marco Polo · Character
Fiordelisa
Also known as Fiordelisa Trevisan?, Flordelisa
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 5
Fiordelisa appears in the record as a name carried through a family connection, with no portrait or personal voice to accompany it. The brief mention gives her a quiet, elusive presence, like a figure glimpsed only at the edge of a household’s history.
- Gender
- female
- Age
- Adult
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 5
- Books
- 1
Fiordelisa, also rendered as Flordelisa and possibly identified as Fiordelisa Trevisan, is noted as the sister-in-law of Marco the Elder Polo. The text provides no fuller account of her life, relationships beyond that connection, or personal development.
Description
No physical details are given for Fiordelisa. Her build, coloring, hair, eyes, facial features, clothing, and distinguishing marks are unknown; the text identifies her as an adult woman and notes a family connection.
Connections
Family & partnersFriends & mentorsRivals
Maffeo Polofather
The younger Maffeo had a daughter named Fiordelisa, distinct from the possible wife of Nicolo mentioned in the discussion.
Marco Polobrother-in-law
The will calls Fiordelisa his sister-in-law and leaves her gold coins; the text conjectures that she may have been Nicolo’s wife.
Nicolo Polopossibly wife
The author conjectures that Fiordelisa may have been Nicolo’s wife and the mother of Maffeo, while stressing that the evidence is uncertain.
- FP
Felice Polohusband
The text reports that cousin Felice Polo and his wife Fiordelisa were among the Polos’ relatives in Venice; their precise place in the family is unknown.
Story so far
BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
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