A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Malatesti, Battista
MALATESTI, BATTISTA,
Of Urbino. This very erudite lady was the daughter of Guido di Montefeltro, Lord of Urbino. She was a pupil of Leonardo Bruni. She understood Latin, and was so expert in philosophy that she was able to hold public theses. As a widow, she maintained a fair and wise government of her dominions, until having reached a very advanced age, she retired into the convent of St. Clara, where she finished her life in pious tranquility. She died in 1460.