⊰ Born to a poor family. Sent to a convent when she was a child by her parents who hoped she'll find a good life there.

⊰ Ran away from the convent in her midteens and headed to Florence in hopes of making her fortunes and dreams there. Shortly after, she mets life long companion Niccolò Machiavelli.

⊰ Taken in by a kindhearted noblewoman spinster, Bianca earns her keep in the house by scrubbing floors and washing linens. In order to have pocket change, she works as a model for artists and sculptors and is popular among them for her prettiness and her ability to hold very still during sessions which is essential for many of them.

⊰ Becomes somewhat involved with Medici family when she becomes a long time mistress to one of the Medici members, Giuliano, and she quickly becomes his favourite due to her jubilant and easygoing nature.

⊰ When she becomes pregnant with his child a few months into the relationship, she is quietly arranged to be married to a surprisingly nice nobleman by the Medici to hush up the scandal. She bears his child, Ignazio, and continues to have her relationship with him.