Piero di Cosimo de' Medici
Piero the Gouty | |
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Father | Cosimo de' Medici |
Mother | Contessina de' Bardi |
Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, known as Piero the Gouty (Italian: Piero "il Gottoso"), (1416 – 2 December 1469)[1] was the de facto ruler of Florence from 1464 to 1469, during the Italian Renaissance.
Biography
Piero was the son of
Upon taking over the
His time as leader of Florence was marked by an attempted
In 1467, Piero had to face a war against the
He also continued the family's tradition of artistic patronage, including
He continued to collect rare books, adding many to the Medici collections. With a strong interest in humanism, he commissioned Marsilio Ficino to translate Plato & other classical works. Ficino dedicated several books to him, such as De Sole.
He died in 1469 as a result of gout and lung disease and is buried in the
Marriage and issue
On 3 June 1444,
- Pazzi[2]
- Lucrezia "Nannina" (1448–1493)[2]
- Lorenzo the Magnificent (1449–1492)[2]
- Giuliano (1453–1478)[2]
- Maria[6] (1455 - 1479) – married Leonetto Rossi[2] and was the mother of Cardinal Luigi de' Rossi.
- Two sons died as newborn[2]
Before his marriage, Piero had an illegitimate son by an unknown woman:
Fictional depictions
A young Piero is portrayed by
References
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica Online 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Tomas 2003, p. 7.
- ^ a b Tomas 2003, p. 48.
- ISBN 978-1405119542.
- ^ Tomas 2003, p. 17.
- ^ a b Pernis & Adams 2006, p. 29.
- ^ Pernis & Adams 2006, p. xi.
- ^ "Medici: Masters of Florence". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ Clarke, Stewart (10 August 2017). "Daniel Sharman and Bradley James Join Netflix's 'Medici'". Variety. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
Sources
- Pernis, Maria Grazia; Adams, Laurie (2006). Lucrezia Tornabuoni De' Medici and the Medici Family in the Fifteenth Century. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-0820476452.
- Tomas, Natalie R. (2003). The Medici Women: Gender and Power in Renaissance Florence. Aldershot: Ashgate. ISBN 0754607771.
- "Piero di Cosimo de' Medici". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- Najemy, John M. (2006). A History of Florence 1200–1575. Chichester: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 978-1405119542.