Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino
(1492–1519)
BIRTH
September 12, 1492
PLACE
Florence, Italy
DEATH
May 4, 1519
PLACE
Careggi, Florence, Italy
FAMILY
WIFE
Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne
(c. 1498–1500 to 1519)
CHILDREN
Catherine de' Medici
(1519-1589)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
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DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Lorenzo II de’ Medici, Duke of Urbino, married Madeleine de La Tour d’Auvergne in 1518. Their daughter Catherine de’ Medici was born in Florence in April 1519; both parents died soon afterward.
EARLY LIFE
CAREER
DEATH
Lorenzo died on May 4, 1519, six days after his wife Madeleine and three weeks after the birth of their daughter Catherine. A University of Pisa medical history describes an abdominal illness lasting about six months; he also suffered from syphilis, but that study does not identify it as the immediate cause. His tomb is in Michelangelo's New Sacristy at San Lorenzo, Florence.
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