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Dante Alighieri 1265-1321     Born in Florence, Italy  Dante Alighieri, born 1265, Florence, Italy, was a great poet of the middle ages. Dante fought with the Guelph cavalry, 1289 at the Battle Of Campaldino. The Florentine constitution reformation was then brought worth. Dante later entered a guild of physicians. Gemma and Dante soon had several children. Their children where, Jacopo, Pietro, Giovanni, and Antonia. Dante wrote the   //Inferno//   , which is about going to hell and back. In   //The Inferno,//    Dante writes about the journey through Hell(Inferno), Purgatory(Purgatorio), and Paradise(Paradiso).
 * Dante is also called the “Father of the Italian language”
 * Know as “The Surpreme Poet” in Italy
 * Michelangelo listened to a reading of //The Inferno//, while he painted “The Last Judgment” in the Sistine Chapel.
 * More than 50 English editions of //Inferno// where created in the 20 th century, but there still is not a perfect translation.
 * When Dante was 12, he was promised to marry the daughter of Manetto Donati, Gemma.