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ibellines, and where, he says characteristically enough, I was present, not a boy in arms, and where I felt much fear, but in the end the greatest pleasure, from the various changes of the fight. Letter of Dante, now lost, cited by Aretino. In the same year he assisted at the siege and capture of Caprona. Inferno, XXI. 94. In 1290 died Beatrice, married to Simone dei Bardi, precisely when is uncertain, but before 1287, as appears by a mention of her in her father's will, bearing date January 15 of that year. Dante's own marriage is assigned to various years, ranging from 1291 to 1294; but the earlier date seems the more probable, as he was the father of seven children (the youngest, a daughter, named Beatrice) in 1301. His wife was Gemma dei Donati, and through her Dante, whose family, though noble, was of the lesser nobility, became nearly connected with Corso Donati, the head of a powerful clan of the grandi, or greater nobles. In 1293 occurred what is called the revolution