Lucrezia de' Medici
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Lucrezia de' Medici was the name for several women from the Medici
family:
Medici
The House of Medici or Famiglia de' Medici was a political dynasty, banking family and later royal house that first began to gather prominence under Cosimo de' Medici in the Republic of Florence during the late 14th century. The family originated in the Mugello region of the Tuscan countryside,...
family:
- Lucrezia di Piero de' Medici (1447 - 1493), best known as Nannina de' MediciNannina de' MediciNannina de' Medici, was born under the name Lucrezia , and was the third daughter of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici and Lucrezia Tornabuoni. She is also known as Lucrezia di Piero de' Medici. She was the older sister of Lorenzo de' Medici...
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- Lucrezia di Lorenzo de' Medici (August 4, 1470 - between November 10 and November 15, 1550), the elder daughter of Lorenzo de' MediciLorenzo de' MediciLorenzo 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 Clarice Orsini, and the grandmother of Pope Leo XIPope Leo XIPope Leo XI , born Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici, was Pope from 1 April 1605 to 27 April of the same year.-Biography:...
. In 1485 she married to Jacopo SalviatiJacopo SalviatiJacopo Salviati was an Italian politician born in Florence on 15 September 1461.Son of Giovanni Salviati and Maddalena Gondi, he devoted himself in the economic affairs of the family, becoming very wealthy. He then engaged in political life...
. She was mother to cardinal Giovanni SalviatiGiovanni SalviatiGiovanni Salviati was an Italian Cardinal and diplomat. He was papal legate in France, and conducted negotiations with the Emperor Charles V....
and Maria SalviatiMaria SalviatiMaria Salviati was an Italian noblewoman, the daughter of Lucrezia di Lorenzo de' Medici and Jacopo Salviati. She married Giovanni dalle Bande Nere and was the mother of Cosimo I de Medici. Her husband died November 30, 1526, leaving her a widow at the age of 27...
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- Lucrezia di Cosimo de' MediciLucrezia di Cosimo de MediciLucrezia de' Medici was the daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici and Eleanor of Toledo.Born in Florence, she was the first wife of Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Modena and Ferrara, whom she married on 3 July 1558. She moved to Ferrara only two years later, after being abandoned by her husband, who...
(June 7, 1544 – 1562)
- Lucrezia di Francesco de' Medici (November 7, 1572 - April 14, 1574), the daughter of Francesco I de' Medici and Johanna of AustriaJohanna of AustriaJoanna of Austria was born an Archduchess of Austria as the youngest daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. By marriage, she was the Grand Princess of Tuscany and later the Grand Duchess of Tuscany...
. She died as an infant.