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Lucrezia de' Medici (14 February 1545 – 21 April 1561) was a member of the House of Medici and by marriage Duchess consort of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio from 1558 to 1561. Married to the intended husband of her elder sister Maria, who died young, her marriage was short and unhappy.
Born around 1544; died in 1561; daughter of Cosimo I de Medici (1519–1574), grand duke of Tuscany, and Eleonora de Medici (1522–1562); first wife of Alfonso II (1533–1597), 5th duke of Ferrara and Modena (r. 1559–1597).
Oct 17, 2022 · Maggie O'Farrell's novel imagines the last days of Lucrezia de' Medici, who died in 1561 after marrying Alfonso II d'Este. The novel alters historical facts and ignores the sources to suit modern sensibilities, while Robert Browning's poem My Last Duchess is more faithful to the historical record.
May 23, 2024 · Lucrezia de’ Medici was an illustrious figure from the historic Medici family of Florence, Italy, who became the Duchess of Ferrara through marriage. She grew up during the Renaissance, a period of immense cultural and intellectual growth.
Lucrezia di Lorenzo de' Medici (August 4, 1470 – between November 10 and November 15, 1550), the elder daughter of Lorenzo de' Medici and Clarice Orsini, and the grandmother of Pope Leo XI. In 1485 she married Jacopo Salviati.
Sep 6, 2022 · NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Maggie O'Farrell about her novel The Marriage Portrait, an imagined account of the life of Lucrezia de' Medici, who was rumored to have been murdered by her...
This is the finest of all surviving likenesses of Lucrezia, the fifth child of Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici and Eleonora di Toledo. In 1558 Lucrezia was joined in an important marriage of state to Alfonso II d’Este, the future Duke of Ferrara.
