Maddalena Gonzales
b. c. 1575
Eldest daughter of Petrus and Catherine Gonzales. Had the condition of hypertrichosis (excessive body hair). Married around 1593. Lived in Parma and Rome at the Farnese palace. Later lived in Capodimonte.
Source
Wiesner-Hanks 2009, pp. 94, 127, 173, and 220
Bibliography
Wiesner-Hanks, Merry. 2009. The marvelous hairy girls: the Gonzales sisters and their worlds. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.
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