Though Dante had an arranged marriage with the daughter of a powerful Florentine family, he had also been unrequitedly in love with another woman since he was nine years old: Beatrice Portinari.

即便但丁已和佛罗伦萨一个权势家族的千金订了婚，他却从九岁时就单恋着另一名女子：贝阿特丽切·波尔蒂纳里。