When Viridis Visconti was born in 1352, in Milano, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, her father, Bernabò Visconti Lord of Milan, was 29 and her mother, Beatrice Regina Della Scala Lady of Milan, was 21. She married Leopold III von Habsburg on 23 February 1365, in Milano, Milan, Lombardy, Italy. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 1 March 1414, in Sittich, Klagenfurt Land, Carinthia, Austria, at the age of 62, and was buried in Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Yugoslavia.
Some characteristic forenames: Italian Salvatore, Pasquale, Rocco, Umberto, Amerigo, Angelo, Carlo, Domenic, Ennio, Gaetano, Gerlando, Gino. French Laurent, Camille, Girard.
Italian: from visconte, a title of rank (medieval Latin vicecomes ‘deputy of a count’). Unusually (since most noble families took their surnames from their estates), the surname was sometimes of literal application, but without doubt it is also in part a nickname for someone who gave himself airs and graces, and in part a metonymic occupational name for someone in the employ of a viscount. This surname is also found in southern France.
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