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Lavinia
In Roman mythology, Lavinia is the daughter of Latinus and Amata and the last wife of Aeneas.Lavinia, the only child of the king and "ripe for marriage", had been courted by many men in Ausonia who hoped to become the king of Latium. Turnus, ruler of the Rutuli, was the most likely of the suitors,...

was the daughter of Latinus and Amata in Roman mythology. Lavinia may also refer to:

Fictional characters
  • Lavinia Andronicus, a character in Shakespeare's tragedy Titus Andronicus
  • Lavinia Arguelles, a fictional character in the television series Bituing Walang Ningning
  • Lavinia Herbert, a character in the novel A Little Princess
  • Lavinia Whateley, a character in the short story The Dunwich Horror
  • Lavinia Mannon, a character in Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra
    Mourning Becomes Electra
    Mourning Becomes Electra is a play cycle written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. The play premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on 26 October 1931 where it ran for 150 performances before closing in March 1932...

  • Lavinia
    Lavinia (novel)
    Lavinia is a Locus Award winning 2008 novel by American author Ursula K. Le Guin. It relates the life of Lavinia, princess of Laurentum, a minor character in Vergil's epic poem the Aeneid.-Outline:...

    , a 2008 novel by Ursula K. Le Guin
    Ursula K. Le Guin
    Ursula Kroeber Le Guin is an American author. She has written novels, poetry, children's books, essays, and short stories, notably in fantasy and science fiction...

     about the mythological Lavinia


People
  • Emma Lavinia Gifford (1840-1912), first wife of the poet Thomas Hardy
  • Lavinia Burnett
    Lavinia Burnett
    Lavinia Burnett was the first woman to be executed in the state of Arkansas.Burnett, her husband Crawford, and their son John, were arrested, tried, and convicted of the murder of Jonathan Selby, who lived near Fayetteville, Arkansas, and who allegedly kept large sums of money at his residence....

     (died 1845), first woman to be executed in the state of Arkansas
  • Lavinia Byrne
    Lavinia Byrne
    Lavinia Byrne is a Roman Catholic former nun who left the religious order of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 2000 after 35 years, saying that the Vatican had been bullying her to abandon support for women priests. Her 1993 book Woman at the Altar outlined her arguments for women...

     (born 1948), Roman Catholic former nun
  • Lavinia Chilton
    Lavinia Chilton
    Lavinia Chilton was the wife of Confederate States Army officer and Texas State Senator Leonard A. Abercrombie....

     (19th century), Texas politician
  • Lavinia Crosse
    Lavinia Crosse
    Lavinia Crosse founded the Community of All Hallows in Ditchingham in 1855. She was the daughter of the famous Norwich surgeon, John Green Crosse.- Sources :*...

     (19th century), founder of the Community of All Hallows
  • Lavinia Fenton
    Lavinia Fenton
    Lavinia Powlett, Duchess of Bolton , known by her stagename as Lavinia Fenton, was an English actress.She was probably the daughter of a naval lieutenant named Beswick, but she bore the name of her mother's husband. She was thought to have been born in Charring Cross, and had been a child...

     (1708-1760), English actress
  • Lavinia Fisher
    Lavinia Fisher
    Lavinia Fisher is widely recognized as the first female serial killer in the United States of America. Her origins are unknown; however, Fisher resided in the United States for a large amount of her life...

     (1793-1820), first female serial killer in the United States of America
  • Lavinia Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk
    Lavinia Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk
    Lavinia Mary Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk LG CBE was a British peeress....

     (1916-1995), British peeress
  • Lavinia Fontana
    Lavinia Fontana
    Lavinia Fontana was an Italian painter.-Biography:Lavinia Fontana was born in Bologna, the daughter of the painter Prospero Fontana, who was a prominent painter of the School of Bologna at the time and served as her teacher...

     (1552-1614), Italian painter
  • Lavinia Greenlaw
    Lavinia Greenlaw
    -Biography:Greenlaw was born in London into a family of doctors and scientists, but spent much of her childhood in a small village in Essex. She began her working life in publishing and arts administration before embarking upon a career as a freelance artist, critic and radio broadcaster. She lives...

     (born 1962), English poet and novelist
  • Lavinia Meijer
    Lavinia Meijer
    Lavinia Meijer is a Dutch harpist.-Education:When she was 11 years old, Lavinia was accepted by Erika Waardenburg to study at the Young Talent Department of the Utrecht Conservatory...

     (born 1983), Dutch harpist
  • Lavinia Miloşovici
    Lavinia Milosovici
    Lavinia Corina Miloşovici is a Romanian Olympic gymnast. An exceptionally successful athlete on the international competition circuit, Miloşovici, also known as "Milo" in the gymnastics community, is considered to be one of Romania's top gymnasts of the 1990s and one of the most prolific female...

     (born 1976), Romanian Olympic gymnast
  • Lavinia Padarath
    Lavinia Padarath
    Lavinia Padarath was one of the eight nominees of the Leader of the Opposition to the Senate of Fiji after the 2006 elections. She had previously served in the House of Representatives and Cabinet in the Mahendra Chaudhry government, from 1999 to 2000. Padarath is the mother of media figure and...

     (21st century), Fijian politician
  • Lavinia Ryves
    Lavinia Ryves
    Lavinia Jannetta Horton Ryves, née Lavinia Serres , was a British woman claiming to be a member of the British royal family, calling herself "Princess Lavinia of Cumberland"....

     (1797-1871), impostor pretender
  • Lavinia Warner
    Lavinia Warner
    Lavinia Warner created several successful TV series in the 80s and 90s, all of which featured women in the leading roles. These included the female internee drama Tenko for the BBC, secret agent drama Wish Me Luck for LWT and the less well-known taxi-firm series Rides , again for the BBC. For...

     (20th century), British television producer
  • Lavinia Warren
    Lavinia Warren
    Lavinia Warren was an American proportionate dwarf and the wife of General Tom Thumb.-Early life:Warren was born at Middleborough, Massachusetts as Mercy Lavinia Warren Bump, a descendant of a French Catholic family named Bonpasse, of Governor Thomas Mayhew, and five Mayflower passengers: John...

     (1841-1919), American dwarf
  • Lavinia Williams
    Lavinia Williams
    Lavinia Williams , who sometimes went by the married name Lavinia Williams Yarborough, was an African-American dancer and dance educator who founded national schools of dance in several Caribbean countries.-Biography:...

     (1916-1989), African-American dancer and dance educator


Places
  • Lavínia
    Lavínia
    Lavínia is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 is 4,974 and the area is 540.88 km². The elevation is 458 m....

    , São Paulo, Brazil
  • Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
    Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
    Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Is a newly created city lying immediately south of Colombo, one of the largest cities in Sri Lanka. It is the result of certain key urban suburbs and communities combined for administrative purposes. The centres include Dehiwala and the beach resort of Mount Lavinia....

    , Sri Lanka


Music
  • Lavinia (band), a Virginia musical group
  • Lavinia (song)
    Lavinia (song)
    "Lavinia" is a single by The Veils, released on November 24, 2003. The song was spotted by the first band's video ever, directed by Gavin Boyter...

    , a 2003 song and single by The Veils


Biology
  • Lavinia (genus)
    Lavinia (genus)
    Lavinia is a genus of cyprinid fish consisting of one or two species native to western North America.While there is little doubt as to the membership of the Hitch , the position of the closely related California Roach is less clear...

    , a genus of cyprinid fish containing the hitches
  • Various butterflies, such as:
    • Borbo impar lavinia (see Borbo impar
      Borbo impar
      The Yellow Swift is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from the Northern Territory of Australia and Indonesia to the SolomonsThe wingspan is 30–40 mm....

      )
    • Junonia lavinia var. basifusca (see Junonia genoveva
      Junonia genoveva
      The Mangrove Buckeye is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from southern New Mexico, southern Arizona, southern Texas, and southern Florida south through the West Indies, Mexico and Central America to Argentina. Rare strays can be found up to south-eastern California, south-eastern...

      ) and Papilio lavinia (see Junonia evarete
      Junonia evarete
      The Mangrove Buckeye or West Indian Buckeye is a neotropical nymphalid butterfly found from Florida and the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, to tropical and subtropical South America. The type locality is Surinam, and numerous subspecies have been described. The synonomy is extensive, and older...

      )
    • Hypoleria lavinia (see Hypoleria
      Hypoleria
      Hypoleria is a genus of clearwing butterflies, named by Godman and Salvin in 1879. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.-Species:Arranged alphabetically.*Hypoleria adasa...

      )
    • Doxocopa lavinia (see Doxocopa
      Doxocopa
      Doxocopa is a genus of neotropical butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Apaturinae.-External links:* at funit.fi...

      )
  • Tangara lavinia, the Rufous-winged Tanager
    Rufous-winged Tanager
    The Rufous-winged Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama....

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