Lucrezia de medici biography of michael jackson



Lucrezia de medici biography of michael jackson

  • Lucrezia de medici biography of michael jackson
  • Lucrezia de medici biography of michael jackson for kids
  • Biography of farrah fawcett
  • Biography of nat king cole
  • Lucrezia de medici biography of michael jackson life
  • Biography of farrah fawcett!

    Biography of  Lucrezia de'Medici

    Lucrezia de'Medici (Florence 14 February 1545 - Ferrara, 21 April 1561) was a Florentine noblewoman and duchess of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio.

    Lucrezia was the fifth child of the duke of Florence, later the grand duke of Tuscany, Cosimo I de'Medici and Eleonora of Toledo, the daughter of the Viceroy of Naples, Pedro Alvarez de Toledo.  She grew up in the brilliant Medici court, but her education was was strict and severe, based on the rigid ceremony of the Spanish court of her mother.

    In 1557, to cement the peace between Ercole II d'Este and Phillip II of Spain, it was decided that the prince of Ferrara, Alfonso, would marry Maria de'Medici, the first child of Cosimo I, an ally of the Spanish king and a mediator in the recent peace negotiations.  However, before the wedding could happen, Maria died of malaria.  Her younger sister, Lucrezia, was chosen as a suitable replacement. 

    Prince Alfonso made a solemn entry