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Lorenzo de' Medici
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Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici, known as Lorenzo the Magnificent, was an Italian statesman, de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic, and the most powerful patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. Lorenzo held the balance of power within the Italic League, an alliance of states that stabilized political conditions on the Italian Peninsula for decades, and his life coincided with the mature phase of the Italian Renaissance and the golden age of Florence. As a patron, he is best known for his sponsorship of artists such as Botticelli and Michelangelo. On the foreign policy front, Lorenzo manifested a clear plan to stem the territorial ambitions of Pope Sixtus IV, in the name of the balance of the Italic League of 1454. For these reasons, Lorenzo was the subject of the Pazzi conspiracy (1478), in which his brother Giuliano was assassinated. The Peace of Lodi of 1454 that he supported among the various Italian states collapsed with his death. He is buried in the Medici Chapel in Florence.
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1449
Death
1492
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Lorenzo de' Medici served as the de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Renaissance.
Beyond his political career, he was a prolific writer and poet with 77 recorded works.
His literary legacy includes the famous carnival songs that defined the spirit of his era.
Born in Florence in 1449, he was a central figure in the history and culture of 15th-century Italy.
His work Scritti scelti reflects the intellectual side of this Florentine banker and statesman.