lisa was born on june 15, 1479, in via maggio. at the age of fifteen she married francesco di bartolomeo di zanobi del giocondo, a cloth and silk merchant in 1495. as a dowry she brought 170 florins and the farm san silvestro. she had five children: piero, piera, camilla, marietta, and andrea. in 1521 their daughter marietta became a catholic nuns in the renowned monastery of sant'orsola.