Bianca Brandolini d’Adda

Donna Bianca Brandolini d'Adda (born June 25, 1987) is an Italian fashion model, actress and socialite.

Bianca Brandolini d'Adda was born in Paris, France to an ancient Venetian aristocratic family. Her father is Count Ruy Brandolini d'Adda, an Italian financier, and her mother is Countess Georgina Brandolini d'Adda, a Brazilian model who worked for Valentino as an artistic muse. She has an older sister, Coco Brandolini d’Adda. Two of her family's ancestral palaces, the Palazzo Brandolin Rota and the Palazzo Morosini Brandolin, are located on the Grand Canal. Her paternal grandmother was Countess Cristiana Brandolini d'Adda (née Agnelli), sister of Fiat chairman Gianni Agnelli and daughter of Edoardo Agnelli and Donna Virginia Bourbon del Monte (daughter of Carlo Bourbon del Monte, Prince di San Faustino). Her maternal grandmother was Sylvia Regis de Oliveira, a Brazilian diplomat, and her maternal grandfather was the French aristocrat Prince Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge. She is related to members of various European royal houses, including the House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and the Princely family of Fürstenberg; she and Prince Alexandre von Fürstenberg (son of Diane von Furstenberg) are second cousins.

She grew up between Paris, Venice, and Rio de Janeiro and received her education at the Institut du Marais–Charlemagne Pollès. She went on to study theatre at Studio Pygmalion in Paris. In 2005, she was presented to society at le Bal des Débutantes at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris. She was escorted by Antoine de Tavernost and wore a black and white Valentino gown. She was chosen to open the first waltz at the Crillon Ball with Prince Charles Philippe, Duke of Anjou.

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