Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara
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| Lucrezia de' Medici | |
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| Duchess consort of Ferrara | |
| File:Agnolo Bronzino, ritratto di Lucrezia de' Medici.JPG
Portrait of Lucrezia (di Cosimo) de' Medici attributed to Agnolo Bronzino.
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| Spouse(s) | Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara |
| Noble family | Medici (by birth) Este (by marriage) |
| Father | Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany |
| Mother | Eleanor of Toledo |
| Born | 14 February 1545 Florence |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Ferrara |
Lucrezia de' Medici (14 February 1545 – 21 April 1561) was the daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Eleanor of Toledo.
Born in Florence, she was the first wife of Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Modena and Ferrara, whom she married on 3 July 1558. She did not move to Ferrara until February 1560, for her husband Alfonso was fighting in France.[1] Lucrezia died in 1561, probably from tuberculosis. For about a month her symptoms had been fever, severe weight loss, constant coughing and a permanently bleeding nose.[2] Another possible cause of death, that is often speculated, is poisoning.[citation needed]
It is possible that she is the wife referred to in the poem "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning.
References and notes
- ↑ Murphy, Caroline P. Murder of a Medici Princess. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-19-531439-7
- ↑ Murphy, Caroline P. Murder of a Medici Princess. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-19-531439-7
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Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara
Cadet branch of the 1561
Born: 14 February 1545 Died: 21 April |
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| Preceded by | Duchess consort of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio 3 October 1559 – 21 April 1561 |
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