Home History Books Weblog Extras about kleio.org

Deutsche Seite

The Medici

The Medici

Cosimo de' Medici

Pierfrancesco de' Medici

Lorenzo "il Magnifico" de' Medici

Catherine de' Medici

Cosimo I. de' Medici

Francesco I. de' Medici

Ferdinand I. de' Medici

Ferdinand II. de' Medici

Contessina de' Medici


Born:

in the year 1478


Deceased:

in the year 1515


Father:

Mother:

Clarice Orsini (1453-1488), daughter of Jacopo Orsini of Monterotondo


Spouse:

Count Palatine Piero Ridolfi († 1525); marriage in the year 1493


Children:
  1. her daughter Emilia, who was married to Jacopo V. Appiani d'Aragona, the ruler of Piombino
  2. her son Luigi, born on 28. August 1495, deceased on 18. May 1556
  3. her son Niccolò, born in the year 1501, deceased on 31. January 1550; Cardinal since 1517
  4. her son Lorenzo, born on 6. September 1503, deceased on 29. September 1576; he married Maria, a daughter of Filippo Strozzi († 1538) and Clarice de' Medici († 1528), in 1529
  5. bis 7.: three more children, who died shortly after birth or as infants