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Lorenzino de' Medici (22 March 1514 – 26 February 1548), [1] also known as Lorenzaccio, was an Italian politician, writer, and dramatist, and a member of the Medici family. He became famous for assassinating his cousin, Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence in 1537.
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]
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.
Alphonse Mucha poster for Lorenzaccio starring Sarah Bernhardt (1896). Lorenzaccio is a French play of the Romantic period written by Alfred de Musset in 1834, set in 16th-century Florence, and depicting Lorenzino de' Medici, who killed Florence's tyrant, Alessandro de' Medici, his cousin. [1]
When Florence's anti-Medici faction failed to rise, Lorenzino fled to Venice, where he was killed in 1548 at the direct orders of Emperor Charles V. [41] Florence's Medici supporters – called Palleschi from the balls on the Medici arms – ensured that power passed to Cosimo, the first of the "junior" branch of the Medici to rule Florence.
English. Read; Edit; View history ... 1834 play Lorenzaccio by Alfred de Musset about the life of Lorenzino de' Medici. Cast. Giorgio Albertazzi as Lorenzo de' Medici
He successfully resolved the dispute between Cosimo and Lorenzino de' Medici over the family's patrimonial assets. In 1571, Torelli was exceptionally admitted into the Senate, even though he wasn't a Florentine citizen, and was further elevated by being added to the Florentine nobility.
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici (1463–1503) Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (1492–1519) Lorenzino de' Medici (1514–1548), or Lorenzaccio; Lorenzo de' Medici (1599–1648), seventh child of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany