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What happened to Beatrice Portinari after she married Simone deā Bardi?
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Italian poet Dante Alighieri, oil on panel by an unknown artist, c. 1550; in the Yale University Art Gallery
After marrying the Florentine nobleman Simone deā Bardi, Beatrice Portinari lived until June 8, 1290, when she died at the age of 24.12
Following her death, the poet Dante Alighieri recorded his grief in his work La vita nuova, which includes several poems written in the wake of her passing. In the final chapter of that book, Dante vowed to cease writing about her until he could compose something truly unique in her honor. He eventually fulfilled this promise in his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, where he immortalized Beatrice as his spiritual guide through Purgatory and Heaven.12