Piero di Giovannabate (nonfiction)

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Death of Duke Alessandro de' Medici by Giuseppe Farina (1863).

Piero di Giovannabate, better known as Scoronconcolo, was a servant of Lorenzino de' Medici who assisted Lorenzino in the assassination of Alessandro de' Medici, the Duke of Florence.

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  • Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (nonfiction) - Alessandro de' Medici (22 July 1510 – 6 January 1537), nicknamed "il Moro" ("the Moor") due to his dark complexion, Duke of Penne and also Duke of Florence (from 1532), was ruler of Florence from 1531 to his death in 1537. The first Medici to rule Florence as a hereditary monarch, Alessandro was also the last Medici from the senior line of the family to lead the city. His assassination at the hands of a distant cousin, Lorenzaccio, caused the duchy of Florence to pass to Cosimo I de Medici, from the family's junior branch.
  • Lorenzino de' Medici (nonfiction) - Lorenzino de' Medici (March 23, 1514 – February 26, 1548), also known as Lorenzaccio, was an Italian politician, writer and dramatist, and a member of the Medici family. He became famous for the assassination of his cousin, Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence.

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