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Lorenzo di Piero de’ Medici, duca di Urbino
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Born September 12, 1492 • Florence • Italy
Died May 4, 1519 (aged 26) • Florence • Italy
House / Dynasty Medici family
Notable Family Members daughter Catherine de Médici

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Guicciardini, Francesco
Francesco Guicciardini
Italian historian and statesman
Ippolito de' Medici
Ippolito de’ Medici
Italian cardinal
Piero di Lorenzo de’ Medici
Italian ruler
Sir John Hawkwood
Anglo-Italian mercenary
Piero di Tommaso Soderini
Italian statesman
Francesco Balducci Pegolotti
Italian author
Nardi, Jacopo
Jacopo Nardi
Italian statesman
Giuliano de' Medici, duc de Nemours
Giuliano de’ Medici, duc de Nemours
Italian ruler
Corso Donati
Italian noble
Dino Compagni
Italian historian
Piero di Cosimo de’ Medici
Italian ruler
Francesco Ferruccio
Italian military leader
Farinata degli Uberti
Italian noble
Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian statesman and writer
Fra Bartolomeo: portrait of Girolamo Savonarola
Girolamo Savonarola
Italian preacher
Lorenzo de' Medici
Lorenzo de’ Medici
Italian statesman
Cosimo de' Medici
Cosimo de’ Medici
ruler of Florence [1389-1464]
Cosimo I
Cosimo I
duke of Florence and Tuscany [1519–1574]
Alessandro
duke of Florence
Francesco Sforza
duke of Milan [1401–1466]

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