Father: Piero II the Unfortunate
Mother: Alfonsina Orsini
Duke: 1516-1519
Age: 24
Wife: Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne (1518)
Child: Catherina, Queen of France
Died: 1519
Age: 27
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| Lorenzo II | |||||||||||
| Born: 1492 Father: Piero II the Unfortunate Mother: Alfonsina Orsini Duke: 1516-1519 Age: 24 Wife: Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne (1518) Child: Catherina, Queen of France Died: 1519 Age: 27 |
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| Posthum portait of Lorenzo II by Michelangelo, 1524-1531 | |||||||||||
| 1492�1519, duke of Urbino (1516�19); son of Piero de� Medici. His uncle, Pope Leo X, made the youthful Lorenzo duke of Urbino. After his early death, however, Urbino reverted (1521) to the Della Rovere family. A patron of the arts and humanities, Lorenzo has been immortalized by Michelangelo, who designed and made his tomb in the Church of San Lorenzo, Florence. Of the three statues adorning his tomb, one represents Lorenzo in a pensive attitude (hence it is known as the Pensieroso) and the other two represent Dawn and Dusk. Lorenzo was the father of Catherine de� Medici, queen of France. | |||||||||||