Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Dante had already fallen in love with another girl , Beatrice Portinari that is mentioned same in `` Divine Comedy '' , ( known also as Bice ) .
Simplified: Famously , Dante had by this time fallen in love with another , Beatrice Portinari ( known also as Bice ) , whom he first met when he was nine years old .