Lucrezia di Cosimo de 'Medici
Portrait of Agnolo Bronzino
Lucrezia di Cosimo de 'Medici (born February 14 or June 7, 1545 in Florence , † April 21, 1561 in Ferrara ) was the fifth child and the third daughter of Grand Duke Cosimo I from the Medici and Eleonora family of Toledo . She was married in June 1558 by procurationem to the Duke of Mòdena and Ferrara Alfonso II d'Este , but only moved to Ferrara two years later. The marriage remained childless. Her sudden death at the age of only 16 also fueled rumors that she had been poisoned by her husband.
She is the Duchess of Ferrare described by Robert Browning in My Last Duchess .
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Browning, John Woolford, Daniel Karlin: The Poems of Browning: 1841-1846 . Pearson Education, 1991, ISBN 9780582063990 . , Pp. 157-158
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| SURNAME | Lucrezia di Cosimo de 'Medici |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lucrezia de 'Medici |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Florentine nobles |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1545 or June 7, 1545 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Florence |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 1562 |
| Place of death | Ferrara |