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Alessandro de' Medici (22 July 1510 – 6 January 1537), nicknamed "il Moro" due to his dark complexion, Duke of Penne and the first Duke of the Florentine Republic (from 1532), was ruler of Florence from 1530 to his death in 1537. [2]
Alessandro (born 1510/11, Florence [Italy]—died January 5–6, 1537, Florence) was the first duke of Florence (1532–37). Alessandro was born to unmarried parents. His paternity is ascribed either to Lorenzo de’ Medici (1492–1519), duke of Urbino, or, with more likelihood, to Giulio de’ Medici, nephew of Lorenzo the Magnificent.
May 26, 2024 · In the vibrant and tumultuous world of Renaissance Italy, few figures stand out as vividly as Alessandro de‘ Medici, the first Duke of Florence. Born into one of the most powerful families in Europe, Alessandro was a man of many contradictions.
Intertwined with the history of the Italian Renaissance is the city of Florence and the House of Medici; the powerful and infamous family of Florentine bankers. It might be surprising that the very first Duke of Florence with Medici in his name was of African ancestry.
Alessandro de' Medici (22 July 1510 – 6 January 1537), nicknamed "il Moro" due to his dark complexion, Duke of Penne and the first Duke of the Florentine Republic (from 1532), was ruler of Florence from 1530 to his death in 1537.
Alessandro wielded great power as the first duke of Florence. He was the patron of some of the leading artists of the era and is one of the two Medici princes whose remains are buried in the...
Apr 29, 2016 · Alessandro de’ Medici reigned from 1532 to 1537 as the first duke of one of Italy’s greatest city-states. Yet just as he lived in obscurity until his teens in the late 1520s, he has largely ...
When the Medici returned to power in 1530 after the fall of the Florentine Republic, Alessandro was installed as Duke. In 1536 he married Margaret of Parma, the illegitimate daughter of Emperor Charles V. He was assassinated in 1537 by his cousin Lorenzino (Lorenzaccio) de' Medici.
Alessandro de' Medici (älĕs-sän´drō dā mĕ´dĬchē, Ital. mā´dēchē), 1510?–37, duke of Florence (1532–37); probably an illegitimate son of Lorenzo de' Medici, duke of Urbino. His prominence began when Pope Clement VII, then head of the Medici family succeeded (1530) in restoring the Medici to power in Florence after a three-year ...
The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro de’ Medici. Catherine Fletcher. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. xxvii + 308 pp. $29.95. | Renaissance Quarterly | Cambridge Core.
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