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Lorenzo's grandfather, Cosimo de' Medici, was the first member of the Medici family to lead the Republic of Florence and run the Medici Bank simultaneously. As one of the wealthiest men in Europe, the elder Cosimo spent a very large portion of his fortune on government and philanthropy, for example as a patron of the arts and financier of public works. [7]
Clarice and Lorenzo had ten children: Lucrezia de' Medici (Florence, 4 August 1470 – 15 November 1553); married Jacopo Salviati on 10 September 1486 and had 10 children, including Cardinal Giovanni Salviati, Cardinal Bernardo Salviati, Maria Salviati (mother of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany), and Francesca Salviati (mother of Pope Leo XI).
Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici was the eldest son of Lorenzo de' Medici (Lorenzo the Magnificent) and Clarice Orsini.He was raised alongside his younger brother Giovanni, who would go on to become Pope Leo X, and his cousin Giulio, who would later become Pope Clement VII.
Contessina Antonia Romola di Lorenzo de' Medici (6 January 1478 – 29 June 1515) was an Italian noblewoman, ninthborn and fifth and last daughter of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Lord of Florence, and his wife Clarice Orsini. She was the wife of the Florentine Piero Ridolfi, later made Count Palatine by her elder brother Pope Leo X.
The House of Medici (English: / ˈ m ɛ d ɪ tʃ i / MED-itch-ee, UK also / m ə ˈ d iː tʃ i / mə-DEE-chee; [4] Italian: [ˈmɛːditʃi]) was an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first consolidated power in the Republic of Florence under Cosimo de' Medici and his grandson Lorenzo "the Magnificent" during the first half of the 15th century.
Lorenzo was born in Florence on 12 September 1492, a son of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici and Alfonsina Orsini. [2] His paternal grandparents were Lorenzo the Magnificent and Clarice Orsini . [ 2 ] His maternal grandparents were Roberto Orsini , Count of Tagliacozzo and his wife, Catherine of San Severino .
Maddalena de' Medici (25 July 1473–2 December 1528) was a daughter of Lorenzo de' Medici. [1] Born in Florence, she was educated with her siblings to the humanistic cultures by figures such as Angelo Poliziano. [2] In February 1487 she was engaged to be married to Franceschetto Cybo, son of Pope Innocent VIII. [3]
Catherine was born in Florence to Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, and Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne. In 1533, at the age of 14, Catherine married Henry, the second son of King Francis I and Queen Claude of France , who would become Dauphin of France upon the death of his elder brother Francis in 1536.