TY - EJOUR AU - Tiziana Lazzari T1 - Matilda of Tuscany: New Perspectives about Her Family Ties TT - AB - Beatrice of Lorraine, marchioness of Tuscany – and mother of the more famous Matilda of Tuscany – died in Pisa on April 18th 1076. Matilda arranged the details of her mother's burial and Beatrice was entombed in the same Tuscan city, in an ancient sarcophagus dated by art historians to the second century AD, representing the legend of Phaedra and Hippolytus. The article analyses multiple evidences, trying to understand why Matilda of Canossa chose a so disturbing subject – the only case of feminine incest in ancient mythology – for the burial of her mother AD - Univ. Bologna, Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà, p.zza San Giovanni in Monte 2, 40124, Bologna, Italy CY - Bologna DO - 10.12977/stor680