Giuseppe Salvatore's wife

Contessa di Salvatore (d. between 1476 and 1477) was the wife of Giuseppe Salvatore and mother of Damon and Stefan. Damon was especially fond of her. She did not fully recover from Stefan's birth and died only a few years after, something that Stefan believed Damon blamed him for and that he believed began his hatred for him.Stefan Salvatore: It was always that way, as long as I can remember. Maybe it was because my mother never really recovered from my birth. She died a few years later. Damon loved her very much, and I always had the feeling that he blamed me. (The Awakening - Chapter 13) After her death, Giuseppe became angrier than ever, beating his sons in drunken rages,Stefan Salvatore: I remember something else! From when I was very young, maybe three or four years old. My father had a terrible temper, especially right after my mother died. And back then, when I was little, and my father was furious and drunk, Damon would deliberately get in between us. He'd say something obnoxious and – well, my father would end up beating him instead of me. I don't know how I could have forgotten about that. (The Return: Midnight - Chapter 43) and regularly taking mistresses younger than his own sons."He wouldn't keep remembering his youth and the other young blades who'd mocked his father for being an old fool, with his disastrous investments and his mistresses younger than his own sons." (The Return: Nightfall - Chapter 34)
==Appearances==
*The Awakening 
*The Return: Shadow Souls 
*The Return: Midnight 
==Notes and references==
Category:Salvatore family
Category:Italian individuals
Category:Females
Category:Married individuals
Category:15th century births