Piero Strozzi

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Piero Strozzi

Piero Strozzi (* 1510 in Florence , † June 21, 1558 in Thionville ) was a member of the Florentine patrician family Strozzi and Condottiere . His father was Filippo Strozzi the Younger ( il Giovane ) (1488-1538), his mother Clara de 'Medici (1493-1528), sister of Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici . His brother was Leone Strozzi .

Life

He studied in Padova around 1529 and then returned to Florence. On August 1, 1537 he fought (and was defeated) at the side of his father and brother in the battle of Montemurlo . He had been married to Laudomia de 'Medici, sister of Lorenzino de' Medici , since 1539 , and was still a fierce opponent of the Medici who fought for the French in the Italian wars . On August 2, 1554, the French troops under his leadership and the allied Sienese were defeated in the battle of Scannagallo near Marciano della Chiana in the Chiana valley (Val di Chiana) against Duke Cosimo I of Florence. Nevertheless, he was appointed Marshal of France in 1555 . He took part in the French siege of Calais in 1557 and fell in 1558. It is believed that he introduced the Dragoons .

He was the father of Filippo Strozzi . Piero Strozzi was buried in Épernay .

literature

  • Roberto Palmarocchi: Strozzi, Piero . In: Enciclopedia Italiana, Roma 1936 ( online at treccani.it ) Italian

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti; Istituto delle Enciclopedia Italian fondato da Giovanni Treccani, Roma 1950, p. 864
  2. ↑ Landi, Fausto: Gli ultimi anni della Repubblica di Siena 1525-1555, Edizioni Cantagalli, Siena 1994, p. 74.
  3. ^ Coppini, Annita: Piero Strozzi nell'assedio di Sieana, Ricci Editore, Florence 1902, p. 14
  4. ↑ Biografia Universale antica e moderna, Vol. LV, Venice 1829, p. 234
  5. ↑ Landi, Fausto: Gli ultimi anni della Repubblica di Siena 1525-1555, Edizioni Cantagalli, Siena 1994, p. 74.
  6. ↑ Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti; Istituto delle Enciclopedia Italian fondato da Giovanni Treccani, Roma 1950, p. 864
  7. ^ Cardini, Franco: Breve storia di Firenze, Pacini Editore, Pisa 1990, ISBN 88-7781-280-X , p. 111.
  8. ↑ Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti; Istituto delle Enciclopedia Italian fondato da Giovanni Treccani, Roma 1950, p. 864
  9. ^ Catoni, Giuliano: A short history of Siena, Pacini Editore, Pisa 2008, ISBN 978-88-6315-000-1 , p. 58
  10. ^ Biblioteca di Siena, K. VI. 21. - Vita manoscritta di Piero Strozzi, p. 171.
  11. ↑ Landi, Fausto: Gli ultimi anni della Repubblica di Siena 1525-1555, Edizioni Cantagalli, Siena 1994, p. 173.
  12. ^ Pellegrini, Ettore: La caduta della Repubblica di Siena. Part II: La guerra, nuova immagine editrice, Siena 2007, ISBN 88-7145-248-8 , p. 139 ff.
  13. ↑ Leonardo.it, accessed on February 9, 2010 [1]
  14. ↑ Biografia Universale antica e moderna, Vol. LV, Venice 1829, p. 234.
  15. ↑ Biografia Universale antica e moderna, Vol. LV, Venice 1829, p. 234
  16. ↑ Guerra di Siena, accessed on February 15, 2010 [2]  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.guerradisiena.it  
  17. ↑ Biografia Universale antica e moderna, Vol. LV, Venice 1829
  18. ↑ Biografia Universale antica e moderna, Vol. LV, Venice 1829, p. 234

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SURNAME Strozzi, Piero
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian patrician
DATE OF BIRTH 1510
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence
DATE OF DEATH June 21, 1558
Place of death Thionville