Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1896 — Descendants of Dante. [ARTICLE]

Descendants of Dante.

A descendant of the famous poet Dante, Count Dante Serego-Allghlero, the mayor of Venice, died recently at his villa Gargagnano, near Verona. Hla family descends from the author of “La Divina Comedia” on the female side only. The last male descendant of Dante, Pietro di Dante, died in the year 1547. JI is daughter was married to a Count Serego, of Verona, and he pbtalned the right to add his family name to that of his wife. The family of Serego-Alig-hieri is very numerous and wealthy, and most of its members live in the province of Venezia. Wiggs—That’s a shocking bad hat you’re wearing, Jones. Jones—Yes; but I put it on to remind my wife of the enormity of, her last milliner’s bill.