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Giulia Romola di Alessandro de' Medici[ 1] (c. 1535 – c. 1588) was the illegitimate, possibly multiracial, [ 2] daughter of Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence and his mistress Taddea Malaspina . Following her father's assassination, she was reared at the court of Cosimo I de' Medici and married advantageously twice.
Maria Salviati was the wife of famous military leader Giovanni delle Bande Nere de' Medici (d. 1526) and the mother of Cosimo I (1519-1574), grand duke of Tuscany. The little girl holding her...
Apr 28, 2022 · Death: circa 1588 (48-58) Florence, Province of Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Immediate Family: Daughter of Alessandro "il Moro" de'Medici, duca di Firenze and Taddea Malespina. Wife of Francesco Cantelmo, conte d'Alvito and Bernardetto de'Medici, signore di Ottajano.
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Apr 6, 2015 · The story as it is commonly told is this: Aqua Tofana was the creation of a Sicilian woman named Giulia Tofana, who lived and worked in Palermo in the first half of the 17th century. It was a limpid, harmless-looking liquid, a scant four to six drops of which were “sufficient to destroy a man.”
Maria Salviati was the widow of famous military leader Giovanni delle Bande Nere de’ Medici (d. 1526) and the mother of Cosimo I (1519–1574), grand duke of Tuscany.
Mar 24, 2020 · The first painting of Giulia is by Pontormo: a woman (Maria Salviati, Duke Cosimo de’ Medici’s mother) holding the hand of a child. Sometime between 1600 and 1900, the child was painted over; someone decided Maria Salviati looked better alone—haunting, all-over white.
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Maria Salviati, as in other contemporary portraits of her, wears the clothes of mourning for her deceased husband, the famous military leader Giovanni delle Bande Nere de' Medici (d. 1526).
