Английская Википедия:Bianca de' Medici

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Bianca Maria di Piero de' Medici (10 September 1445Шаблон:Sfn– April 1488Шаблон:Sfn) was a member of the de' Medici family, de facto rulers of Florence in the late 15th century. She was the daughter of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic, and sister of Lorenzo de' Medici, who succeeded his father in that position. She married Guglielmo de' Pazzi, a member of the Pazzi family. She was a musician, and played the organ for Pope Pius II and the future Pope Alexander VI in 1460;Шаблон:Sfn she was a landowner.Шаблон:Sfn

Life

Bianca was a daughter of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici and Lucrezia Tornabuoni.Шаблон:Sfn In 1459, she married Guglielmo de' Pazzi,Шаблон:Sfn who was a childhood friend of her brother, Lorenzo de' Medici.Шаблон:Sfn This alliance was intended to help resolve the animosity between the families, but it was not successful in that regard as Machiavelli noted in his Florentine Histories.Шаблон:Sfn Their first child, Antonio, was born in 1460.Шаблон:Sfn The marriage agreement included a significant reduction in taxes imposed on the Pazzi family.Шаблон:Sfn In the aftermath of the Pazzi conspiracy of 1478, Bianca's marriage significantly softened Lorenzo's wrath towards Guglielmo, who was only put under house arrest for a time, while his male relatives were exiled or executed;Шаблон:Sfn his daughters were exempted from the marriage ban imposed on other Pazzi daughters.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1460, Bianca was asked to play the organ for Pope Pius II and his entourage during a visit to Florence, as the pope was coming back from the Council of Mantua.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Teodoro Montefeltro, the Apostolic protonotary travelling with the pope, praised the performance in a letter to Barbara of Brandenburg, Marquise of Mantua.Шаблон:Sfn During the same papal visit, she performed a second concert for the future pope Rodrigo Borgia at his request.Шаблон:Sfn Bianca often performed for local and visiting dignitaries, contributing to her families' reputation and influence.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1475, Bianca asked her mother to purchase farmland from other relatives for her, as Lucrezia had more influence within the family.Шаблон:Sfn Though Bianca owned the property, it was managed by staff employed by her mother.Шаблон:Sfn

Issue

Bianca and Guglielmo had sixteen children, nine sons and seven daughters:

• Antonio de' Pazzi (1460), died as an infant

• Giovanna de' Pazzi, married Tommaso Monaldi in 1471

• Contessina de' Pazzi, married Giuliano Salviati in 1476

• Antonio de' Pazzi (1462-1528), ambassador and politician, Gonfaloniere di Giustizia in 1521, second Lord of Civitella

• Alessandra de' Pazzi (1465), married Bartolomeo Buondelmonti in 1486

• Cosimo de' Pazzi (1466-1513), archbishop of Florence from 1508 until his death

• Piero de' Pazzi (1468), died as an infant

• Lorenzo Alessandro de' Pazzi, (1470-1535) merchant, patron of the arts and latinist

• Cosa de' Pazzi, married Francesco di Luca Capponi

• Renato de' Pazzi, goldsmith merchant

• Lorenzo de' Pazzi, politician and ambassador

• Luigia de' Pazzi, married Folco di Edoardo Portinari in 1494

• Maddalena de' Pazzi, married Ormanozzo Deti in 1497

• Alessandro de' Pazzi (1483-1530) ambassador, literate and greekist

• Lucrezia de' Pazzi, married Cattani di Diacceto, and then a member of Martelli family (1500)

• Giuliano de' Pazzi (1486-1517), doctor of law, abbot and canon of the Metropolitan of Florence

Sources

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