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- During his last years he was plagued by gout, the disease that killed his father, and was incapacitated with intense pain and fever, unable to walk or even to ride his horse. In March 1492 he was carried by litter from his palace on the Via Larga to his villa at Careggi, where he died on April 8, at the age of forty-three.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Skin disease in the Medici family and the illness of Contessina de' Bardi de' Medici: a dermatological puzzle - Weisz - 2014 - International Journal of Dermatology - Wiley Online Library. Reminiscence. Free Access.
- George M. Weisz, George M. Weisz, William R. Albury, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Giampiero Girolomoni, Do...
- 2014
May 25, 2004 · Lorenzo de’ Medici, who was the son of Ferdinand I, suffered of epilepsy (ASF, Mediceo del Principato 908. 365. 2 Aprile 1602). During the Renaissance, many different substances were used to treat the ‘falling sickness’.
- Donatella Lippi
- 2007
Nov 21, 2023 · What illness did Lorenzo de' Medici have? Lorenzo de' Medici suffered from gout in the final years of his life. The illness would kill him in 1492. What did Lorenzo de' Medici die from?...
- What did Lorenzo de' Medici die from?Lorenzo de' Medici died from gout, an illness he suffered from for years leading up to his death. His father died of the same illness.
- Was Lorenzo de' Medici handsome?No. A rarity for a de' Medici, Lorenzo was not considered good-looking. But what he lacked in looks, Lorenzo made up for in charm.
- What is Lorenzo de' Medici famous for?Lorenzo de' Medici is most famous for his extravagant patronage of the arts, which earned him the moniker, 'The Magnificent.' He is also well known...
Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici ( Italian: [loˈrɛntso di ˈpjɛːro de ˈmɛːditʃi]; 12 September 1492 – 4 May 1519) was the ruler of Florence from 1516 until his death in 1519. He was also Duke of Urbino during the same period. His daughter Catherine de' Medici became Queen Consort of France, while his illegitimate son, Alessandro de' Medici ...
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Lorenzo was a son of the Medici family, who held political power in Florence but also held power by virtue of the Medici Bank, which was the most powerful and respected bank in all of Europe for many years. His grandfather, Cosimo de’ Medici, cemented the family’s role in Florentine politics, while also spending a great deal of his vast fortune on ...
In 1469, when Lorenzo was twenty years old, his father died, leaving Lorenzo to inherit the work of ruling Florence. Technically, the Medici patriarchs did not rule the city-state directly, but instead were statesmen who “ruled” via threats, financial incentives, and marriage alliances. Lorenzo’s own marriage took place the same year he took over f...
Because of the Medici monopoly over Florentine life, other powerful families vacillated between alliance and enmity with the Medici. On April 26, 1478, one of those families came close to toppling the Medici reign. The Pazzi conspiracy involved other families, such as the Salviati clan, and was backed by Pope Sixtus IV in an attempt to overthrow th...
Although his support for culture would ensure his legacy was a positive one, Lorenzo de’ Medici made some unpopular political decisions too. When alum, a hard-to-find but important compound for making glass, textiles, and leather, was discovered in nearby Volterra, the citizens of that city asked Florence for help mining it. However, a dispute soon...
Kent, F.W. Lorenzo de’ Medici and the Art of Magnificence. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 2004.“Lorenzo de’ Medici: Italian Statesman.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lorenzo-de-Medici.Parks, Tim. Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2008.Unger, Miles J. Magnifico: The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo de’ Medici. Simon & Schuster, 2009.Summary. The much-feared event of Lorenzo’s death happened on 8 April 1492, heralded ominously by a bolt of lightning striking the cupola of the Duomo in the direction of the Medici palace. 1 Piero’s years of apprenticeship were over and everyone awaited his response to the challenges ahead.
Lorenzo de’ Medici, known as Lorenzo the Magnificent, (born Jan. 1, 1449, Florence—died April 9, 1492, Careggi, near Florence), Florentine statesman and patron of arts and letters. The grandson of Cosimo de’Medici, he was the most brilliant of the Medici family.
