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Viridis Visconti (1354–1414) was an Italian noblewoman. Her marriage to Leopold III, Duke of Austria, Viridis was Duchess consort of Austria, Styria and Carinthia, she was also Countess consort of Tyrol.
Viridis and the rest of her sisters secured politically advantageous marriages. Viridis was seen as a very eligible bride, as not only did the Visconti family rule over the extremely wealthy region of Lombardy by her father Bernabòs strategically marrying off his many children, whom he systematically married to members of the nobility, so he had a network of relatives among the leading families of the Empire.
Thus in 1365 she was betrothed to the fourteen year old Leopold. She brought 100 000 Florin as dowry.Bruno Meier (2013). 9783039197354, Hier und Jetzt, Verlag für Kultur und Geschichte. . ISBN 9783039197354 The marriage was arranged by the grooms brother Rudolf II, Duke of Austria who allying themselves through marriage with the powerful Viscontis, the Habsburgs found an ally in their efforts to secure their rule in Tyrol. Rudolf however died on his way to attend the marriage of Viridis and Leopold in Milan. Viridis husband therefore came to co-rule Austria with his brother Albrecht.
They were married 23 February 1365 in the Bernabo palace at the church San Giovanni in Conca. Her parents gifted her a Tacuinum Sanitatis around this time.
Viridis and her husband lived at Tyrol Castle near Merano
In 1385 her father was deposed by her cousin Gian Galeazzo Visconti and brother-in-law through having married her sister Caterina Visconti. Bernabo was then imprisoned in the castle of Trezzo, he died on 19 December of that year, presumably poisoned.
The couple had:
Viridis was widowed in 1386, and her eldest son William became Duke of Austria.
She was a long time benefactor of the Stična Abbey, and often lend money to the abbot of the monastery. As widow, she resided on a property close to the convent.
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