Lorenzo de' Medici, il Magnifico

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Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (1 January 1449 – 8 April 1492) was an Italian statesman, banker, de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic and the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. Also known as Lorenzo the Magnificent (Lorenzo il Magnifico) by contemporary Florentines, he was a magnate, diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists, and poets. As a patron, he is best known for his sponsorship of artists such as Botticelli and Michelangelo. He held the balance of power within the Italic League, an alliance of states that stabilized political conditions on the Italian peninsula for decades, and his life coincided with the mature phase of the Italian Renaissance and the Golden Age of Florence.[5] On the foreign policy front, Lorenzo manifested a clear plan to stem the territorial ambitions of Pope Sixtus IV, in the name of the balance of the Italian League of 1454. For these reasons, Lorenzo was the subject of the Pazzi conspiracy (1478), in which his brother Giuliano was assassinated. The Peace of Lodi of 1454 that he helped maintain among the various Italian states collapsed with his death. He is buried in the Medici Chapel in Florence.

1. Youth
2. Politics
3. Patronage
4. Marriage and children
5. Later years, death, and legacy

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Lorenzo I de Medici M, #4790, b. 1 January 1449, d. 8 April 1492 Last Edited=30 Sep 2005 Lorenzo I de Medici was born on 1 January 1449. He was the son of Piero I de Medici. (1) He married Clara Orsini, daughter of James Orsini, on 20 December 1469. He died on 8 April 1492 at age 43. Lorenzo I de Medici also went by the nick-name of Lorenzo 'the Magnificent'. (2) He held the office of Governor of Florence in 1469. (2) Children of Lorenzo I de Medici and Clara Orsini -1. Giuliano de Nemours+ (2) d. 1516 -2. Piero II de Medici+ (2) b. 15 Feb 1471, d. 28 Dec 1503

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A famous diplomat, politician, patron of the arts, and holder of power