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Verdi’s wife Margherita Barezzi and their young children die in 1838–1840, collapsing his first household

Oberto’s 1839 premiere is a neighbouring professional row. The September 1840 comic flop is neighbouring career harm. In the causal graph this event weakens Health-System Capacity, a driver that strengthens Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) — a worsening welfare path.

Verdi’s wife Margherita Barezzi and their young children die in 1838–1840, collapsing his first household

Sources: [1][2]

Read the full account

Physicians and the Barezzi family share the private file later made public in biography.

Context

Oberto’s 1839 premiere is a neighbouring professional row. The September 1840 comic flop is neighbouring career harm.

Giuseppe Verdi’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Pre-unification Busseto/Milan household medicine; Barezzi patronage continued after the losses.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    Named husband and father in the household deaths. Physicians and in-laws share the private file.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactVerdi’s wife Margherita Barezzi and their young children die in 1838–1840, collapsing his first household
    2. weakensDriverHealth-System Capacity
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.45 · Effect from 18 June 1840 · verified

    • Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.27 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.6)

      Observed

      3.08 Per 1000 people · 1.24 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      6 readings, 2018–2023: rose from 3.07 Per 1000 people to 3.08 Per 1000 people.

      Above normal = better

    • Under-five mortality rate (global)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.5)

      Observed

      37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births · 12.4 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      7 readings, 2018–2024: fell from 40 deaths per 1,000 live births to 37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births.

      Above normal = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Istituto Nazionale di Studi VerdianiIstituto Nazionale di Studi Verdiani · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Giuseppe VerdiEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Britannica’s life dates the deaths of Verdi’s children and then Margherita Barezzi by June 1840, leaving him widowed before Un giorno di regno.

Britannica and Istituto Verdiani biographical files independently narrate the 1838–1840 family deaths.

Established: 1840 widowhood after child deaths in the biography file. Not established: modern pathogen labels beyond received accounts.

Giuseppe Verdi did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorGiuseppe Verdi
  2. contributed toFactVerdi’s wife Margherita Barezzi and their young children die in 1838–1840, collapsing his first household
  3. weakensDriverHealth-System Capacity
  4. strengthensIndicatorHospital beds (per 1,000 people)

Cite this page

Factrail. (2026). Verdi’s wife Margherita Barezzi and their young children die in 1838–1840, collapsing his first household. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gv-family-deaths-1840

https://factrail.ai/facts/gv-family-deaths-1840

Accessed 15 October 2026.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed

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