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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]
Catherine de' Medici was born Caterina Maria Romula de' Medici [8] on 13 April 1519 in Florence, Republic of Florence, the only child of Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, and his wife, Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne, the countess of Boulogne.
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.
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.
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.
Cosimo de' Medici: 27 September 1389 – 1 August 1464 [8] 6 October 1434 – 1 August 1464 Contessina de' Bardi c. 1415 2 sons First de facto Lord of Florence Piero I the Gouty: 1414 – 2 December 1469 [9] 1 August 1464 – 3 December 1469 Lucrezia Tornabuoni 3 June 1444 5 children Son of Cosimo Lorenzo I the Magnificent: 1 January 1449 – 8 ...
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).
Maddalena de' Medici (25 July 1473–2 December 1519) 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]