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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.
- 1 May 1532 – 6 January 1537
- Cosimo I de' Medici
Alessandro 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. Giulio became a cardinal and in 1519
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Dec 9, 2007 · To solidify the allegiance that the papacy owed to the Holy Roman Empire, Alessandro was named Duke of Florence and promised the emperor’s daughter Margaret. With the help of Charles V, Clement could restore the rule of the Medici family in Florence in 1530 and make Alessandro the first reigning Duke.
Born in Florence in 1510, the official story states that Alessandro was the son of Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici, the Duke of Urbino and future ruler of Florence (1516 - 1519). However, many historians believe that Alessandro was actually the son of Giulio de’ Medici, future Pope Clement VII.
Sep 6, 2021 · Mon 6 Sep 2021 01.00 EDT. W hen, on a hot day in July 1510, in the halls of a noble Florentine palace, a servant gave birth to a boy, no one ever would have imagined that the child would become...
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...
HISTORY. The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro de’Medici by Catherine Fletcher. The rapid rise and brutal fall of the bastard son of a...
