Lorenzo Cybo
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Lorenzo Cybo Malaspina was an Italian general, who was duke of Ferentillo
Ferentillo
Ferentillo is a comune in the Province of Terni in the Italian region Umbria, located about 60 km southeast of Perugia and about 12 km northeast of Terni...

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Born at Sampierdarena
Sampierdarena
Sampierdarena is a major port and industrial area of Genoa, in northwest Italy. With San Teodoro it forms the West Central municipio.-Geography:...

 (in what is modern Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....

), he was the son of Franceschetto Cybo
Franceschetto Cybo
Franceschetto Cybo was an Italian nobleman, the illegitimate son of Pope Innocent VIII ....

 and Maddalena de' Medici: his grandafather was Lorenzo de' Medici
Lorenzo de' Medici
Lorenzo de' Medici was an Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Italian Renaissance. Known as Lorenzo the Magnificent by contemporary Florentines, he was a diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists and poets...

 and his uncle Pope Leo X
Pope Leo X
Pope Leo X , born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, was the Pope from 1513 to his death in 1521. He was the last non-priest to be elected Pope. He is known for granting indulgences for those who donated to reconstruct St. Peter's Basilica and his challenging of Martin Luther's 95 Theses...

. The latter pushed him to marry Ricciarda Malaspina, heir of the Malaspina family, by which he founded the Cybo-Malaspina family, including later the marquisses and princes of Massa-Carrara.

A skilled soldier, he held the position of commander-in-chief of the Papal Army. His sons Giulio
Giulio I Cybo-Malaspina
Giulio I Cybo-Malaspina was an Italian nobleman, who was marquis of Massa and lord of Carrara from 1546 until 1547.Born in Rome, he was the son of Ricciarda Malaspina and Lorenzo Cybo...

 and Alberico hold in succession the lordship of Massa
Massa
Massa is a town and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, the administrative centre of the province of Massa-Carrara. It is located in the Frigido River Valley, near the Alpi Apuane, some 5 kilometers from the Tyrrhenian Sea....

 and Carrara
Carrara
Carrara is a city and comune in the province of Massa-Carrara , notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione River, some west-northwest of Florence....

 after Lorenzo's death, under the tutorage of their mother Ricciarda.

See also

  • Portrait of Lorenzo Cybo
    Portrait of Lorenzo Cybo
    Portrait of Lorenzo Cybo is a painting by the Italian late Renaissance artist Parmigianino. It is housed in the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark.-History:...

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