Medici, Alfonsina de (d. 1520)

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Medici, Alfonsina de (d. 1520)

Florentine noblewoman . Name variations: Alfonsina Orsini. Born Alfonsina Orsini; died in 1520; married Pietro the Unfortunate also known as Pietro de Medici (1471–1503), ruler of Florence, on May 22, 1488; children: Lorenzo de Medici, duke of Urbino (1492–1519); Clarice de Medici (1493–1528, who married Filippo Strozzi).

Alfonsina de Medici, a daughter of the powerful Orsini family, was known to be haughty and showed an "unconcealed contempt" for the Florentines. She was driven out of Florence with her equally unpopular husband, Pietro de Medici, two infant children, and the rest of the Medici clan, on November 9, 1494.

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