Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara

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Lucrezia de' Medici
Duchess consort of Ferrara
File:Agnolo Bronzino, ritratto di Lucrezia de' Medici.JPG
Portrait of Lucrezia (di Cosimo) de' Medici attributed to Agnolo Bronzino.
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 Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day
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

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Ancestry

Family of Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Pierfrancesco di Lorenzo de' Medici
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Giovanni de' Medici il Popolano
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Laudomia Acciaiuoli
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Giovanni dalle Bande Nere
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Galeazzo Maria Sforza
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Caterina Sforza
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Lucrezia Landriani
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Giovanni Salviati
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Jacopo Salviati
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Maddalena Gondi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Maria Salviati
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Lorenzo de' Medici
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Lucrezia de' Medici
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Clarice Orsini
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Lucrezia de' Medici
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Garcia Álvarez de Toledo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. María Enriquez de Quiñones y Toledo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Pedro Álvarez de Toledo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Álvaro de Zuñiga y Leiva
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Isabel de Zúñiga y Pimentel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Leonor Pimentel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Eleonora di Toledo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Rodrigo Afonso Pimentel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Luis Pimentel y Pacheco
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. María Pacheco
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Maria Osorio Pimentel,
Marchioness of Villafranca del Bierzo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Pedro Alvarez Osorio
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Juana Osorio y Bazán
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. María de Bazan
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara
Cadet branch of the 1561
Born: 14 February 1545 Died: 21 April
Royal titles
Preceded by Duchess consort of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio
3 October 1559 – 21 April 1561		 Vacant
Title next held by
Barbara of Austria
  1. ↑ Murphy, Caroline P. Murder of a Medici Princess. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-19-531439-7
  2. ↑ 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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