Parisina Malatesta was the wife of Niccolò III d'Este, who beheaded her with her lover and stepson Ugo d'Este. Her tragic story has inspired writers and musicians: Parisina, an 1816 poem by Byron Parisina (Donizetti) by Donizetti Parisina (Mascagni), opera by Mascagni after Gabriele D'Annunzio's libretto 1878 opera by Tomás Giribaldi Tragedy by Antonio Somma
La Parisina, a Mexican department store