The bitter family rivalry had just got personal ... They even sealed these friendly relations through inter-marriage. But Lorenzo de'Medici, wary of Pazzi ambition, kept his rivals out of ...

The Medici family was definitely one of the richest dynasties in Renaissance Italy and perhaps they were the most influential patrons of the arts in history.

away from his family. Their bastard son, Carlo, sought his fortune in Spain and became a wealthy man in Barcelona. Lorenzo's brother, Giuliano de'Medici, famously impregnated his mistress before ...

Caterina Maria Romola di Lorenzo de Medici was born in Florence on 13 April 1519. Her father was Lorenzo de Medici, Duke of Urbino and ruler of Florence and her mother was Madeleine de la Tour d ...