Why was lorenzo de' medici important
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Lorenzo de’ Medici: facts about his life
Born: 1 January 1449
Died: 8 April 1492, aged 43
Parents: Piero the Gouty and Lucrezia Tornabuoni
Spouse: Clarice Orsini
Children: Ten, including Piero, who succeeded him as a ruler of Florence and earned the name ‘Piero the Unfortunate’; Giovanni, who would become Pope Leo X in 1513; and Giuliano, who was created Duke of Nemours in 1515. Lorenzo also brought up his murdered brother’s illegitimate son, Giulio, who would become Pope Clement VII in 1523
Remembered for: His skill as a politician and diplomat, being a banker to the papacy, and his enthusiastic patronage of the arts.
Lorenzo de’ Medici’s early life
When Lorenzo de' Medici was born in 1449, his family were enjoying an enviable position at the head of government in Florence. In the 15 years since he had returned from exile, his grandfather, Cosimo de' Medici, had rebuilt their power by securing alliances with other city families through marriages like that of Lorenzo's father to Lucrezia Tornabuoni. Following Cosimo's death in 1464, the
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The Autobiography of Lorenzo de' Medici the Magnificent: A Commentary on My Sonnets
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Lorenzo de' Medici
Italian statesman and de facto ruler of Florence (1449–1492)
For other uses, see Lorenzo de' Medici (disambiguation).
Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (Italian:[loˈrɛntsodeˈmɛːditʃi]), known as Lorenzo the Magnificent (Italian: Lorenzo il Magnifico; 1 January 1449 – 8 April 1492),[2] was an Italian statesman, the de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic, and the most powerful patron of Renaissance culture in Italy.[3][4][5] Lorenzo 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.[6] As a patron, he is best known for his sponsorship of artists such as Botticelli and Michelangelo. 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 Italic League of 1454. For these reasons, Lorenzo was the subject of the
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