Don Pietro de' Medici

Don Pietro de' Medici

Don Pietro de' Medici (3 June 155425 April 1604) was one of the sons of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Pietro was the youngest of Cosimo I de' Medici's children. Early in 1571 he went to Rome and in Spring 1575 he went to Venice. In 1571 he married his first cousin Eleonora di Garcia de Toledo, whom he accused of adultery and killed in July 1576. He also had her supposed lover Bernardino Antinori imprisoned and killed. At the end of 1577, he went for the first of many stays at the Spanish court. He remained in Spain until the end of 1578. During this visit he gained a reputation as a spendthrift and a rake. He left Tuscany in October 1579 to bring Italian troops to Spain and lead them during the mission to Portugal. He stayed in Lisbon until the end of 1582 when he returned to Spain where his presence is documented in 1583 and 1584. His correspondence proves that he had serious money problems. He came to Italy in July 1584 to ask his brothers to cover his debts, incurring their disapproval for living with a woman with a questionable reputation. The Medici court tried to arrange a marriage for Pietro. In July 1586 he went back to Spain where he continued to accumulate debts. He came back to Italy in November 1587 after Francesco I de' Medici's death and stayed until September 1589 when he went back to Spain. His marriage to Beatriz de Meneses in 1593 did little to stabilize him economically and emotionally. Pietro continued to see his lover Antonia Caravajal who gave him five children out of wedlock. He also had an illegitimate son with Maria della Ribera. He kept writing to his brother Ferdinando I de' Medici asking for a portion of the family fortune to cover his debts. In 1596 he came to Italy to appeal in vain to the Pope to side with him in the controversy. Pietro died, deeply in debt, before turning 50. After his death his illegitimate children were all brought to Florence to be cared for by the Medici. Pietro was buried in the Monasterio de la Santissima Trinidad in Madrid. His corpse was later brought to Florence by Cosimo II de' Medici.

Ancestry

ahnentafel-compact5
style=font-size: 90%; line-height: 110%;
border=1
boxstyle=padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;
boxstyle_1=background-color: #fcc;
boxstyle_2=background-color: #fb9;
boxstyle_3=background-color: #ffc;
boxstyle_4=background-color: #bfc;
boxstyle_5=background-color: #9fe;
1= 1. Don Pietro de' Medici
2= 2. Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
3= 3. Eleonora di Toledo
4= 4. Giovanni dalle Bande Nere
5= 5. Maria Salviati
6= 6. Pedro Álvarez de Toledo
7= 7. Maria Osorio Pimentel,
Marchioness of Villafranca del Bierzo
8= 8. Giovanni de' Medici il Popolano
9= 9. Caterina Sforza
10= 10. Jacopo Salviati
11= 11. Lucrezia de' Medici
12= 12. Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo
13= 13. Isabel de Zúñiga y Pimentel
14= 14. Luis Pimentel y Pacheco
15= 15. Juana Osorio y Bazán
16= 16. Pierfrancesco di Lorenzo de' Medici
17= 17. Laudomia Acciaiuoli
18= 18. Galeazzo Maria Sforza
19= 19. Lucrezia Landriani
20= 20. Giovanni Salviati
21= 21. Maddalena Gondi
22= 22. Lorenzo de' Medici
23= 23. Clarice Orsini
24= 24. Garcia Álvarez de Toledo
25= 25. María Enriquez de Quiñones y Toledo
26= 26. Álvaro de Zuñiga y Leiva
27= 27. Leonor Pimentel
28= 28. Rodrigo Afonso Pimentel
29= 29. María Pacheco
30= 30. Pedro Alvarez Osorio
31= 31. María de Bazan


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Pietro de' Medici — Pietro de Medici. Workshop of Agnolo Bronzino, 1560s. Don Pietro de Medici (3 June 1554 – 25 April 1604) was the youngest son of Cosimo I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Eleonora di Toledo. Early in 1571 he went to Rome and in the spring of… …   Wikipedia

  • Pietro de' Medici — Pierre de Médicis Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Plusieurs personnages de la famille Médicis se sont appelés Pierre de Médicis (en italien Pietro de Medici) : Pierre Ier de Médicis …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Medici — Maison de Médicis Les armes de la famille de Médicis représentant six boules (de signification incertaine : soit car le fondateur de la famille était apothicaire elles représenteraient des pilules, soit en raison des activités bancaires… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Medici — Die Familie Medici (italienische Aussprache: [ˈmɛːditʃi]; vollständig: de’ Medici) war im Florenz des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts einer der einflussreichsten Faktoren im Kampf um Macht, Reichtum und Ansehen. Durch geschicktes Taktieren und ein… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Medici Chapel — The dome of the Cappella dei Principi dominates the San Lorenzo architectural complex. For more details on this topic, see Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence. The Medici Chapels (Cappelle medicee) is a structure in the Basilica of San Lorenzo,… …   Wikipedia

  • Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany — This article is about the Grand Duke of Tuscany. For the founder of the Medici dynasty, see Cosimo de Medici. Cosimo I de Medici Duke of Florence Grand Duke of Tuscany …   Wikipedia

  • Medĭci — (spr. Medidschi), eine der mächtigsten u. berühmtesten florentinischen Familien, welche erweislich seit dem 13. Jahrh. vorkommt, obschon einige Geschichtsschreiber behaupten, daß 1) Avirardo (Eberhard) bei M. unter Karl dem Großen tapfer gegen… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Cosme I de Médici — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Cosme I con armadura, retrato de Bronzino Cosme I de Médici (Florencia, 12 de junio de 1519 – Castello, 21 de abril de 1574), duque de Florencia y primer Gran Duq …   Wikipedia Español

  • De' Medici — Dieser Artikel befasst sich mit der Familie Medici aus Florenz. Zu Personen und Unternehmen mit dem gleichen Namen siehe Médici. Die Familie Medici (korrekt: de’ Medici) war im Florenz des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts einer der einflussreichsten… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • De Medici — Dieser Artikel befasst sich mit der Familie Medici aus Florenz. Zu Personen und Unternehmen mit dem gleichen Namen siehe Médici. Die Familie Medici (korrekt: de’ Medici) war im Florenz des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts einer der einflussreichsten… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”