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Medici, Piero di Cosimo de'(the Gouty, Piero "il Gottoso")
1416 - Piero de’ Medici, the son of Cosimo the Elder, was born in Florence. Italian Florantine politician.
- His nickname, “the Gouty”, was due to the gout, a disease quite common in that period among wealthy people.
1444 - Piero got married with Lucrezia Tornabuoni, a very cultured and sensible woman, from whom he had three daughters, Maria, Lucrezia - called Nannina - Bianca and two sons, Lorenzo and Giuliano.
1461 - He was also the last of the Medicis elected to the office of Gonfaloniere.
1464 - He became the Lord of Florence, but his patronage had a brief duration, only 6 years.
- When Cosimo the Elder died, Piero the Gouty was 50 years old and he became the leader of Florence and the first (de facto) ruler of the city.
1466 - The coup was led by Luca Pitti, and other conspirators supported by the army of the Duke of Modena and Reggio.
- Piero was able to escape the coup thanks to the warning of Giovanni Bentivoglio and his son Lorenzo’s promptness.
1467 - His government was marked by two important events: an attempted coup and the war against Venice.
- The war against Venice was carried out by the league of Florence, Naples, Papal States and Milan in order to support Francesco I Sforza - the new duke of Milan. The Venetian army and its general Colleoni were eventually defeated at Molinella.
1469 - He died on December 2nd due to gout and lung disease.
- His nickname, “the Gouty”, was due to the gout, a disease quite common in that period among wealthy people.
1444 - Piero got married with Lucrezia Tornabuoni, a very cultured and sensible woman, from whom he had three daughters, Maria, Lucrezia - called Nannina - Bianca and two sons, Lorenzo and Giuliano.
1461 - He was also the last of the Medicis elected to the office of Gonfaloniere.
1464 - He became the Lord of Florence, but his patronage had a brief duration, only 6 years.
- When Cosimo the Elder died, Piero the Gouty was 50 years old and he became the leader of Florence and the first (de facto) ruler of the city.
1466 - The coup was led by Luca Pitti, and other conspirators supported by the army of the Duke of Modena and Reggio.
- Piero was able to escape the coup thanks to the warning of Giovanni Bentivoglio and his son Lorenzo’s promptness.
1467 - His government was marked by two important events: an attempted coup and the war against Venice.
- The war against Venice was carried out by the league of Florence, Naples, Papal States and Milan in order to support Francesco I Sforza - the new duke of Milan. The Venetian army and its general Colleoni were eventually defeated at Molinella.
1469 - He died on December 2nd due to gout and lung disease.
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