- Lucrezia di Lorenzo de' Medici
Lucrezia di Lorenzo de' Medici (4 August 1470-c. November 1553) was the eldest daughter of
Lorenzo de' Medici andClarice Orsini and mother ofMaria Salviati andGiovanni Salviati , who was a cardinal from 1517 until his death.Marriage and Issue
She married on the
10 September 1489 toJacopo Salviati they had ten children, among them were:*
Giovanni Salviati (1490-1553), became cardinal in 1517*
Maria Salviati (1499-1543), she was the mother ofCosimo I de' Medici *
Francesca Salviati married 1. Piero Gualterotti and then toOttaviano de' Medici , she was the mother ofPope Leo XI .These three children either held great positions in Europe or were parents of important people. Lucrezia's husband died in 1533.
Descendents
Through her daughter Maria, Lucrezia is an ancester of the
Medici family as well as a descendent, an ancester ofKings of France and alsoKings of England . Her grandson wasCosimo I de' Medici , he becameGrand Duke of Tuscany , his son wasFrancesco I de' Medici who succeeded his father in 1574, among Francesco's children wereEleonora de' Medici andMarie de' Medici . Eleonora marriedVincenzo I Gonzaga , their son wasFrancesco IV Gonzaga through Eleonora, Lucrezia is an ancester of theDukes of Mantua . Through Francesco I de' Medici's other daughter Marie, Lucrezia is ancester of French Kings through Marie's marriage toHenri IV of France , Marie's grandson wasLouis XIV of France . Marie also had a daughter called Henrietta Maria who marriedCharles I of England , Henrietta Maria and Charles were the parents ofCharles II of England andJames II of England . James was the father ofMary II of England andAnne of Great Britain .Ancestors and Descendants
Lucrezia de' Medici's ancestors in three generations
Ahnentafel4
1 = Lucrezia di Lorenzo de' Medici
2 =Lorenzo de' Medici
3 =Clarice Orsini
4 =Piero di Cosimo de' Medici
5 =Lucrezia Tornabuoni
6 =Jacopo Orsini
7 =Maddalena Orsini
8 =Cosimo de' Medici
9 =Contessina de' Bardi
10 =Francesco di Simone Tornabuoni
11 =Selvaggia Alessandrini
12 =Orso Orsini
13 =Lucrezia d'Aldobrandino
14 =Carlo Orsini
15 =Paola Orsini Later Life
Lucrezia got to see ten great grandchildren through her daughter Maria and her daughter would look after all of them, Lucrezia never really got to see them and very sadly Maria died in 1543 aged 44, Lucrezia was upset by the loss of her daughter, Lucrezia's exact death date is unknown but we know that she died in November of 1553.
Her age at the time of her death was 83 years old, which was very old for women in the 16th centery, she had outlived three grandchildren.
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