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Pietro de' Medici - Wikipedia

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Pietro de' Medici

Born	3 June 1554
Died	25 April 1604
Spouse	Eleonora di Garzia di Toledo Dona Beatriz de Lara
House	Medici
Father	Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Mother	Eleanor of Toledo

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 1575 he went to Venice. In 1571 he married his first cousin Eleonora di Garzia di Toledo, whom he accused of adultery and strangled with a dog leash in July 1576 at the Villa Medici at Cafaggiolo. 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 Dona Beatriz de Lara, daughter of Manuel de Menezes, the Portuguese Duke of Vila Real, in 1593 did little to stabilize him economically and emotionally. Pietro continued to see his lover Antonia de Carvajal 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.^[1]

References

^ "Bia - The Medici Archive Project". Documents.medici.org. Archived from the original on 9 September 2007. Retrieved 29 July 2013.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Pietro de' Medici

8. Giovanni il Popolano

4. Giovanni delle Bande Nere

9. Caterina Sforza

2. Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

10. Jacopo Salviati

5. Maria Salviati

11. Lucrezia de' Medici

1. Pietro de' Medici

12. Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Enríquez, 2nd Duke of Alba

6. Pedro de Toledo y Zúñiga

13. Isabel de Zúñiga y Pimentel

3. Eleanor of Toledo

14. Luis Pimentel y Pacheco, 1st Marquis of Villafranca del Bierzo

7. María Osorio y Pimentel, 2nd Marquise of Villafranca del Bierzo

15. Juana Osorio y Bazán, 1st Marquise of Villafranca del Bierzo

v t e Tuscan princes
Generations are numbered from the children of Francesco de' Medici, first Grand Duke of Tuscany. Later generations are included but the grand duchy was abolished in 1860.
1st generation	Francesco I, Grand Duke of Tuscany Cardinal Giovanni Prince Garzia Ferdinando I, Grand Duke of Tuscany Prince Pietro
2nd generation	Cosimo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany Cardinal Carlo, Bishop of Ostia Prince Filippo "Filippino", Grand Prince of Tuscany
3rd generation	Ferdinando II, Grand Duke of Tuscany Cardinal Giovan Carlo Mattias, Governor of Siena Prince Francesco Leopoldo, Governor of Siena
4th generation	Cosimo III, Grand Duke of Tuscany Francesco Maria, Duke of Rovere
5th generation	Ferdinando, Grand Prince of Tuscany Gian Gastone, Grand Duke of Tuscany
6th generation	None
7th generation	Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor* Prince Charles Joseph* Leopold I* Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Breisgau* Maximilian Francis, Elector of Cologne*
8th generation	Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor* Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany* Charles, Duke of Teschen* Alexander Leopold, Palatine of Hungary* Joseph, Palatine of Hungary* Prince Anton Victor* Prince John* Prince Rainier Joseph* Prince Louis* Cardinal Rudolf*
9th generation	Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany*
10th generation	Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany* Prince Karl Salvator* Prince Ludwig Salvator* Prince Johann Salvator*
11th generation	Prince Leopold Ferdinand* Prince Joseph Ferdinand* Prince Peter Ferdinand* Prince Leopold Salvator* Prince Franz Salvator*
12th generation	Prince Gottfried* Prince Rainer* Prince Leopold Maria* Prince Franz Joseph* Prince Karl Pius* Prince Franz Karl Salvator* Prince Hubert Salvator*
13th generation	Prince Dominic*
* also an archduke of Austria

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