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Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici (15 February 1472 – 28 December 1503), [1] : 7 called Piero the Fatuous or Piero the Unfortunate, was the lord of Florence from 1492 until his exile in 1494. [2] Early life. Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici was the eldest son of Lorenzo de' Medici (Lorenzo the Magnificent) and Clarice Orsini.
- Cosimo. The original “dark money” man. In the early 1400s, he strategically deployed the banking fortune he inherited to essentially buy politicians, popes, positions, and even marriages, becoming the de-facto ruler of Florence despite never holding office himself.
- Lorenzo. Cosimo’s grandson picked up the mantle of artistic patronage and ran with it even further. He created a sculpture garden and filled it with ancient statuary, which artists and poets came to study.
- Piero. The eldest son of Lorenzo, Piero had his work cut out for him. The fragile regional peace cobbled together by his father, largely through the force of his personality, crumbled soon after Lorenzo’s death in 1492.
- Giovanni (aka Pope Leo X) The younger brother of Piero, Giovanni was perhaps given the easier row to hoe. When he was 13, his father prevailed upon the pope (a distant relative) to make the boy a cardinal.
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Piero the Unfortunate or the Fatuous. Italian: Piero Il Sfortunato or Il Fatuo. Born: 1472. Died: December 28, 1503, Garigliano River, Italy (aged 31) House / Dynasty: Medici family.
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Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici (15 February 1472 – 28 December 1503),: 7 called Piero the Fatuous or Piero the Unfortunate, was the lord of Florence from 1492 until his exile in 1494.
Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici (1472–1503), called "the Unfortunate", was ruler of Florence after his father's death; grandfather of Catherine de' Medici, queen of France; Maria Maddalena Romola de' Medici (1473–1528) married Franceschetto Cybo (illegitimate son of Pope Innocent VIII) on 25 February 1487 and had seven children
Dec 28, 2017 · Piero di Lorenzo de’ Medici, later dubbed Piero the Unfortunate or The Fatuous, died on this day in 1503, drowning in the Garigliano river, south of Rome, as he attempted to flee following a military defeat. The eldest son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Piero was handed power in Florence at the age of 21 following the death of his father.
Jan 24, 2024 · About Piero de' Medici, 'il Fatuo'. Piero de' Medici (15 February 1472 – 28 December 1503), called Piero the Unfortunate, was the Gran maestro of Florence from 1492 until his exile in 1494. Born in Florence, Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici was the oldest son of Lorenzo de' Medici (Lorenzo the Magnificent) and Clarice Orsini, and older brother of ...
