The Rossettis were a culturally influential Italo-British family. They included -
Gabriele Rossetti (1783--1854), political exile
His children: Maria Francesca Rossetti (1827--1876), author. Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–-1882), poet, illustrator, painter, translator. William Michael Rossetti (1829-–1919), writer, critic. Christina Rossetti (1830-–1894), poet.