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Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (Italian: [loˈrɛntso di ˈpjɛːro de ˈmɛːditʃi]; 12 September 1492 – 4 May 1519) was the ruler of Florence from 1516 until his death in 1519. He was also Duke of Urbino during the same period.
Lorenzo di Piero de’ Medici, duca di Urbino was the ruler of Florence from 1513 to 1519, to whom Niccolò Machiavelli addressed his treatise The Prince, counselling him to accomplish the unity of Italy by arming the whole nation and expelling its foreign invaders.
Lorenzo de’ Medici, Florentine statesman and patron of arts and letters. The grandson of Cosimo de’ Medici, he was the most brilliant of the Medici family. He ruled Florence with his younger brother, Giuliano (1453–78), from 1469 to 1478 and, after the latter’s assassination, was sole ruler from 1478 to 1492.
Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (Italian: [loˈrɛntso de ˈmɛːditʃi]), known as Lorenzo the Magnificent (Italian: Lorenzo il Magnifico; 1 January 1449 – 8 April 1492), was an Italian statesman, the de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic, and the most powerful patron of Renaissance culture in Italy.
Lorenzo de Medici, Duke of Urbino, by Michelangelo. The statue of Lorenzo de Medici is the central figure on the tomb erected to the memory of this prince. He was the rather unworthy namesake of his illustrious grandfather, who was known as Lorenzo the Magnificent.
Sep 2, 2020 · Synopsis. Lorenzo de’ Medici ruled Florence with his brother Giuliano from 1469 to 1478. After the latter's assassination, the crowd stood by the Medici and tore the assassins...
Feb 1, 2024 · Lorenzo de’ Medici first came to power at just 20 years old, when his father died on December 2, 1469. Not only did de facto control of Florence go straight to his hands, but the young statesman found himself at the helm of the Medici bank.
