Dante Aligheiri was born in 1265 to a family of lesser nobility in Florence (Italy). He began writing poems while young, and, when he was nine, he met Beatrice Portinari, the daughter of a noble Florentine family. He later dedicated most of his poetry to her. When he was 12 he became betrothed to Gemma Donati, also the daughter of a wealthy Florentine family. Danteās mother died before he was 14, and his father died prior to 1283. About this time Dante married Gemma.
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