Lorenzo de’ MediciBy John G. Schneider

Lorenzo de’ Medici

Enjoys his surroundings Loves to learn He is a very generous man He was a patron for two of the greatest

painters of all time, Leonardo de Vinci and Michelangelo.

Clarice Orsini

Very strict laws on religious practices

His Kids

Catherine de Medici Glovanni de Medici Lucrezia Maria Romola de’ Medici Maria Maddalena Romola de’ Medici Piero de Lorenzo de’ Medici Contessina Beatrice de' Medici Luisa de' Medici Contessina Antonia Romola de' Medici

Catherine de’ Medici

Was captured by the Florentines Had 10 children and 3 died Her husband had a 25 year affair with

Diane de Poitiers and after Diane had her first kid Diane was the focus of Henry II of France

Glovanni de Medici Or pope Leo X

Reconstructed St. Peter's Basilica

Lucrezia Maria Romola de’ Medici

Was mistaken as Jesus in one of her portraits

Eldest daughter in the family of Lorenzo

Maria Maddalena Romola de’ Medici

Was buried in St. Peter’s Basilica

Piero de Lorenzo de’ Medici

Nicknamed the unfortunate because he did not have the best handle on his power so Charles VIII of France atacked

Contessina Beatrice de' Medici

Had 5 children Was not very important

Luisa de' Medici

A big patron of the arts The last scion of the Medici family

Contessina Antonia Romola de' Medici

Was 37 when she died