The most important character in the Historical Carnival is the Miller’s Daughter, the heroine who has become the symbol of the freedom won by the people in their revolt against the feudal tyrant.
At the time of Marquis Raineri di Biandrate, the young newly-wed commoner Violetta, bravely fought off the attentions of the tyrant, who not content with oppressing the people with taxes and ill treatment, had imposed jus primae noctis on young brides (the right to sleep with them on their first night of marriage).
When going up to the castle on the evening of her wedding, the young girl swore to her husband Toniotto that she would never accept such an imposition. She suddenly pulled out a dagger from under her clothes, cut off the tyrant’s head and showed it to the entire population from the battlements.
This was the sign for revolt. The manor house was immediately taken and burnt and the people swore that nothing would ever be built in its place.
Set in the Dark Ages, this legend, as all legends, has a historical basis: in fact, at that time along the Dora Baltea river there were many floating mills; perhaps the Ivrea uprising was caused by the umpteenth tax on flour, but the memory of it that has been passed down over the centuries is the picture of pretty Violetta who freed the whole city.
Historical Carniv of Ivrea: chronology of the Miller’s Daughter from 1858 to present
| ANNO | MUGNAIA | ANNO | MUGNAIA |
| 1858 | Giuseppina Gamacchio Fumel | 2013 | Ileana Famiglietti Galeano |
| 1859 | Giuseppina Gamacchio Fumel | 2012 | Francesca Vanoni Zambolin |
| 1860 | Anna Bologna Chiodi | 2011 | Irene Quaglia Ferraris |
| 1861 | Annetta Massa Girelli | 2010 | Elisa Gusta Zanetta |
| 1862 | Elisabetta Mussano Dorio | 2009 | Laura Ghiringhelli Bossino |
| 1863 | Maddalena Allera Cavatore | 2008 | Paola Sacerdote Rovaris |
| 1864 | Maddalena Allera Cavatore | 2007 | Barbara Bellardi Fornengo |
| 1865 | Tersilla Bausano Sabolo | 2006 | Daniela Graziano Actis Perino |
| 1866 | Maria Griseri Sciado | 2005 | Giusy Vaccaro Salvati |
| 1867 | - | 2004 | Antonella Ariano Perino |
| 1868 | Vittoria Menaldino Pesando | 2003 | Barbara Masseroni Moia |
| 1869 | Vittoria Menaldino Pesando | 2002 | Laura Burzio Barcaro |
| 1870 | Modesta Boratono Rossi | 2001 | Cristina Mosca Zonca Sabolo |
| 1871 | Tersilla De Petro Perron | 2000 | Simona Verani Celleghin |
| 1872 | Annetta Cossa Lanterno | 1999 | Elena Trotto Gatta Alma |
| 1873 | Maria Camaro Garda | 1998 | Anna Maria Conversa Cassinelli |
| 1874 | - | 1997 | Manuela Avignone dell’Orto |
| 1875 | - | 1996 | Luisa Rolfo Gremmo |
| 1876 | Lugia Enrico Salussoglia | 1995 | Laura Valente De Bernardi |
| 1877 | Paolina Loro Soria | 1994 | Miriam Meli Pagella |
| 1878 | Maria Coda De-Bernardi | 1993 | Cristiana Ferraro Tassone |
| 1879 | Agata Pistonato Gilardini | 1992 | Laura Salvetti Demarziani |
| 1880 | Maria Tricerri Cauda | 1991 | Anna Maria Zanelli Spiller |
| 1881 | Rosetta Biaghetti Scopello | 1990 | Grazia D’Ottavio Cinotto |
| 1882 | Giulietta Bianco Valcauda | 1989 | Renata Pesando Bertelli |
| 1883 | Ottavia Berutti Sergiano | 1988 | Renata Piloni Galeano |
| 1884 | Clotilde Faccenda Ottino | 1987 | Daniela Getto Ziliotto |
| 1885 | Eleonora Apollonia Badrut | 1986 | Annarosa Esposti Feraudo |
| 1886 | Eleonora Apollonia Badrut | 1985 | Adriana Gili Meina Actis Perino |
| 1887 | Silvia Scotti Lullin | 1984 | Daniela Morbelli Masseroni |
| 1888 | Paolina Marteno Alferro | 1983 | Franca Tribocco Quilico |
| 1889 | Maria Bolognini Brielli | 1982 | Luisa Mussano Avetta |
| 1890 | Irma Brida di Lessolo Porta | 1981 | Elisabetta Martini Pollono |
| 1891 | Gemma Stratta Stratta | 1980 | Valeria Chabod Cortona |
| 1892 | Perla Foa Faluomi | 1979 | Lalla Olivetti De Liguori |
| 1893 | Rina Re | 1978 | Lucia Frassà Mondino |
| 1894 | Luisa Castoldi Baraggioli | 1977 | Carla Garindo Brunod |
| 1895 | Giuseppina Toscana Pirolini | 1976 | Gianna Moia Lavarino |
| 1896 | Costanza Cravetto Allamanno | 1975 | Gabriella Dotto D’Alberto |
| 1897 | Maria Belfanti Amadei | 1974 | Lilli Angela Stefanelli |
| 1898(*) | Emma Zucchino Cavallo | 1973 | Monique Van Goietsen Oven Verlucca |
| 1899 | Amalia Monti Salvioni | 1972 | Laura Guarnero Getto |
| 1900 | Maria Bertoldi Caveglia | 1971 | Teresa Novaria Lupano |
| 1901 | Adele Renacco Reviglio | 1970 | Franca Tonso Fornengo |
| 1902 | Rosina Debernardi Bono | 1969 | Carla Zanetti Ocleppo |
| 1903 | Lea Fornero Pesato | 1968 | Margherita Azario Musumeci |
| 1904 | Margherita Gastaldi Galli | 1967 | Adriana Pavin Baldi |
| 1905 | Ottavia Baratono Todros | 1966 | Emma Barontini Meriggi |
| 1906 | Vittoria Cotone Zucchino | 1965 | Olimpia Maga Saudino |
| 1907 | Emma Garda Mir | 1964 | Cecilia Ferratini Bermond |
| 1908 | Luisa Bosso Gernia | 1963 | Mariuccia Bozzello Benedetti |
| 1909 | Maria Enrichetto Peronetto | 1962 | Annalita Ramondini Gobbi |
| 1910 | Maria Ottino Bider | 1961 | Mimina Lizier Galardi |
| 1911 | Armida Baratono Quilico | 1960 | Romana Bartolini Bonfiglioli |
| 1912 | Vittoria Ellena Guglielmi | 1959 | Mila Fiorentino Fiocchi |
| 1913 | Domenica Gatta Clapei | 1958 | Maria Borello Bargellini |
| 1914 | Anna Pilastri Ferrari Saladini | 1957 | Savina Reali Roggero |
| 1915 | Maria Gaspardini Peila | 1956 | Grazia Galletti Olivetti |
| 1916/18 | - | 1955 | Anna Diatto Bonfante |
| 1919 | Pierina Zamana Ferretti | 1954 | Elisabetta Blotto Ozino |
| 1920 | - | 1953 | Tina Bellom Marra |
| 1921 | Angiolina Rossi Gabriel | 1952 | Nella Biccolini Borello |
| 1922 | Giovannina Battagliotti Pollano | 1951 | Anna Balbinot Bazzani |
| 1923 | Adelaide Filippi Mosca | 1950 | Franca Gabotti Boario |
| 1924 | Adelina Paggi Massara | 1949 | Dina Foscale Chabod |
| 1925 | Severina Garda Chiambretto | 1948 | Giovanna Ponti De Benedetti |
| 1926 | Maria Ronchetta Provasi | 1947 | Geltrude Kiefer Olivetti |
| 1927 | Carla Bosio Leydi | 1941-46 | - |
| 1928 | Alda De Giacomi Reposio | 1940 | Carla Gregoratti Scarpelli |
| 1929 | Rina Partengo Ferrero | 1939 | Cristina Foscale Rosa |
| 1930 | Maria Arduino Calissano | 1938 | Lidia Fea Zanetti |
| 1931 | Franca Prola Salussoglia | 1937 | Olga Monateri Maggi |
| 1932 | Cesarina Florio Parmegiani | 1936 | - |
| 1933 | Maria Picco Pipino | 1935 | Maria Stratta Giglio Tos |
| 1934 | Fernanda Peroglio Benedetto | 1934 | Fernanda Peroglio Benedetto |
| 1935 | Maria Stratta Giglio Tos | 1933 | Maria Picco Pipino |
| 1936 | - | 1932 | Cesarina Florio Parmegiani |
| 1937 | Olga Monateri Maggi | 1931 | Franca Prola Salussoglia |
| 1938 | Lidia Fea Zanetti | 1930 | Maria Arduino Calissano |
| 1939 | Cristina Foscale Rosa | 1929 | Rina Partengo Ferrero |
| 1940 | Carla Gregoratti Scarpelli | 1928 | Alda De Giacomi Reposio |
| 1941/46 | - | 1927 | Carla Bosio Leydi |
| 1947 | Geltrude Kiefer Olivetti | 1926 | Maria Ronchetta Provasi |
| 1948 | Giovanna Ponti De Benedetti | 1925 | Severina Garda Chiambretto |
| 1949 | Dina Foscale Chabod | 1924 | Adelina Paggi Massara |
| 1950 | Franca Gabotti Boario | 1923 | Adelaide Filippi Mosca |
| 1951 | Anna Balbinot Bazzani | 1922 | Giovannina Battagliotti Pollano |
| 1952 | Nella Biccolini Borello | 1921 | Angiolina Rossi Gabriel |
| 1953 | Tina Bellom Marra | 1920 | - |
| 1954 | Elisabetta Blotto Ozino | 1919 | Pierina Zamana Ferretti |
| 1955 | Anna Diatto Bonfante | 1916-18 | - |
| 1956 | Grazia Galletti Olivetti | 1915 | Maria Gaspardini Peila |
| 1957 | Savina Reali Roggero | 1914 | Anna Pilastri Ferrari Saladini |
| 1958 | Maria Borello Bargellini | 1913 | Domenica Gatta Clapei |
| 1959 | Mila Fiorentino Fiocchi | 1912 | Vittoria Ellena Guglielmi |
| 1960 | Romana Bartolini Bonfiglioli | 1911 | Armida Baratono Quilico |
| 1961 | Mimina Lizier Galardi | 1910 | Maria Ottino Bider |
| 1962 | Annalita Ramondini Gobbi | 1909 | Maria Enrichetto Peronetto |
| 1963 | Mariuccia Bozzello Benedetti | 1908 | Luisa Bosso Gernia |
| 1964 | Cecilia Ferratini Bermond | 1907 | Emma Garda Mir |
| 1965 | Olimpia Maga Saudino | 1906 | Vittoria Cotone Zucchino |
| 1966 | Emma Barontini Meriggi | 1905 | Ottavia Baratono Todros |
| 1967 | Adriana Pavin Baldi | 1904 | Margherita Gastaldi Galli |
| 1968 | Margherita Azario Musumeci | 1903 | Lea Fornero Pesato |
| 1969 | Carla Zanetti Ocleppo | 1902 | Rosina Debernardi Bono |
| 1970 | Franca Tonso Fornengo | 1901 | Adele Renacco Reviglio |
| 1971 | Teresa Novaria Lupano | 1900 | Maria Bertoldi Caveglia |
| 1972 | Laura Guarnero Getto | 1899 | Amalia Monti Salvioni |
| 1973 | Monique Van Goietsen Oven Verlucca | 1898 | Emma Zucchino Cavallo |
| 1974 | Lilli Angela Stefanelli | 1897 | Maria Belfanti Amadei |
| 1975 | Gabriella Dotto D’Alberto | 1896 | Costanza Cravetto Allamanno |
| 1976 | Gianna Moia Lavarino | 1895 | Giuseppina Toscana Pirolini |
| 1977 | Carla Garindo Brunod | 1894 | Luisa Castoldi Baraggioli |
| 1978 | Lucia rassà Mondino | 1893 | Rina Re |
| 1979 | Lalla Olivetti De Liguori | 1892 | Perla Foa Faluomi |
| 1980 | Valeria Chabod Cortona | 1891 | Gemma Stratta Stratta |
| 1981 | Elisabetta Martini Pollono | 1890 | Irma Brida di Lessolo Porta |
| 1982 | Luisa Mussano Avetta | 1889 | Maria Bolognini Brielli |
| 1983 | Franca Tribocco Quilico | 1888 | Paolina Marteno Alferro |
| 1984 | Daniela Morbelli Masseroni | 1887 | Silvia Scotti Lullin |
| 1985 | Adriana Gili Meina Actis Perino | 1886 | Eleonora Apollonia Badrut |
| 1986 | Annarosa Esposti Feraudo | 1885 | Eleonora Apollonia Badrut |
| 1987 | Daniela Getto Ziliotto | 1884 | Clotilde Faccenda Ottino |
| 1988 | Renata Piloni Galeano | 1883 | Ottavia Berutti Sergiano |
| 1989 | Renata Pesando Bertelli | 1882 | Giulietta Bianco Valcauda |
| 1990 | Grazia D’Ottavio Cinotto | 1881 | Rosetta Biaghetti Scopello |
| 1991 | Anna Maria Zanelli Spiller | 1880 | Maria Tricerri Cauda |
| 1992 | Laura Salvetti Demarziani | 1879 | Agata Pistonato Gilardini |
| 1993 | Cristiana Ferraro Tassone | 1878 | Maria Coda De-Bernardi |
| 1994 | Miriam Meli Pagella | 1877 | Paolina Loro Soria |
| 1995 | Laura Valente De Bernardi | 1876 | Lugia Enrico Salussoglia |
| 1996 | Luisa Rolfo Gremmo | 1875 | - |
| 1997 | Manuela Avignone dell’Orto | 1874 | - |
| 1998 | Anna Maria Conversa Cassinelli | 1873 | Maria Camaro Garda |
| 1999 | Elena Trotto Gatta Alma | 1872 | Annetta Cossa Lanterno |
| 2000 | Simona Verani Celleghin | 1871 | Tersilla De Petro Perron |
| 2001 | Cristina Mosca Zonca Sabolo | 1870 | Modesta Boratono Rossi |
| 2002 | Laura Burzio Barcaro | 1869 | Vittoria Menaldino Pesando |
| 2003 | Barbara Masseroni Moia | 1868 | Vittoria Menaldino Pesando |
| 2004 | Antonella Ariano Perino | 1867 | - |
| 2005 | Giusy Vaccaro Salvati | 1866 | Maria Griseri Sciado |
| 2006 | Daniela Graziano Actis Perino | 1865 | Tersilla Bausano Sabolo |
| 2007 | Barbara Bellardi Fornengo | 1864 | Maddalena Allera Cavatore |
| 2008 | Paola Sacerdote Rovaris | 1863 | Maddalena Allera Cavatore |
| 2009 | Laura Ghiringhelli Bossino | 1862 | Elisabetta Mussano Dorio |
| 2010 | Elisa Gusta Zanetta | 1861 | Annetta Massa Girelli |
| 2011 | Irene Quaglia Ferraris | 1860 | Anna Bologna Chiodi |
| 2012 | Francesca Vanoni Zambolin | 1859 | Giuseppina Gamacchio Fumel |
| 2013 | Ileana Famiglietti Galeano | 1858 | Giuseppina Gamacchio Fumel |
