Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne
(c. 1498–1500 to 1519)
BIRTH
c. 1498–1500
PLACE
Unknown
DEATH
April 28, 1519
PLACE
Florence, Republic of Florence (now Italy)
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino
(1492–1519)
CHILDREN
Catherine de' Medici
(1519-1589)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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AWARDS
Madeleine de La Tour d’Auvergne was the mother of Catherine de’ Medici. She married Lorenzo II de’ Medici, Duke of Urbino, in 1518 and died weeks after Catherine’s birth in April 1519.
EARLY LIFE
CAREER
DEATH
Madeleine gave birth to her daughter Catherine in Florence on April 13, 1519. She became ill after the delivery and died there on April 28. Contemporary observers quoted by Treccani attributed the death to a postpartum complication; the specific medical diagnosis cannot be confirmed from their descriptions.
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