Clarice de' Medici

Clarice Strozzi ( Clara or Clarissa Strozzi, nee de ' Medici, in Florence * 1493, † May 3, 1528 ) was a member of the elder branch of the Medici and since 1508 Filippo Strozzi the Younger, a Florentine banker married.

Life

Clarice Strozzi, nee de ' Medici, was a disciplined, frugal, unpretentious, but educated and proud of their race woman who devoted her life essentially the upbringing and education of their ten children. They also took over the care of Ippolito de ' Medici (1511-1535), who was an illegitimate son of the Duke of Nemours, and Alessandro de' Medici (1511-1537), whose origin is in dispute and either an illegitimate son of Giulio de ' Medici, later Pope Clement VII, or of Lorenzo II de' Medici, the father of Caterina de ' Medici.

Pope Leo X in 1519 transferred the guardianship of the orphaned Caterina de ' Medici, his cousin Giulio de' Medici, who replied about the infants living in Rome Strozzi family. Caterina experienced a strict but loving childhood in the house of the Strozzi and was therefore Clarice and the fun-loving Filippo and their children life grateful. Clarice remained until her death in 1528, the most important person for her niece.

1525, Pope Clement VII to the return of the Medici to Florence Sprouts and entrusted their care Cardinal Silvio Passerini the governor, who ruled from 1523 to 1527, the Arno city despotic. Passerini minimized the contact between Strozzi and her former pupils, but neglected his duty of supervision for Ippolito and Alessandro, whose excesses soon led to the rejection of the Medici rule in Florence. Finally decided the Florentines after they learned of the sack of Rome ( Sacco di Roma) by imperial and Spanish troops, to rise up against the Medici.

It is mainly thanks to Clarice Strozzi that Caterina de ' Medici was brought in time to Poggio in safety and no hostage to the insurgents.

Clarice turned due to the preference of the illegitimate Alessandro by Clement VII to the detriment of the legitimate Caterina by the Pope from 1525 on. When, after the sack of Rome, the papal power was limited, discontent was expressed through Florence on the city government air. Clarice decided to support the anti - Medici party and motivated her husband accordingly. She took an active role in the expulsion of the Medici, both at the request of her husband as well as of their own accord. She appeared in May 1527 in person at the Palazzo Medici, where she denied Alessandro and Ippolito along with their guardian Silvio Passerini, Cardinal of Cortona, their ( questionable ) claims to the political legacy of the Medici. She called the three resolutely on, " to leave a house and land on their property You have no right, neither by birth nor by intellectual abilities " immediately. On May 17, the three left their hated people moved to Florence and Lucca.

Clarice now joined open at the antimediceischen party in Florence. They then tried to convince me to take a political office her husband. Filippo Strozzi but preferred to remain a private citizen and to support Niccolò Capponi, who was soon afterwards appointed gonfaloniere the Republic of Florence. The Strozzi then withdrew to their country estates in Tuscany. There Clarice Strozzi died on 3 May 1528 sincerely mourned by her family and her niece, the effects of a miscarriage or stillbirth.

Origin and family

Paternal grandparents:

  • Lorenzo I de ' Medici, called the Magnificent (1449-1492)
  • Clarice Orsini (1453-1488)

Maternal grandparents:

  • Roberto Orsini, Count of Tagliacozzo
  • Caterina Sanseverino

Parents:

  • Piero de ' Medici, called the unfortunate (1471-1503)
  • Alfonsina Orsini (1472-1503)

Brother:

  • Lorenzo II de ' Medici (1492-1519)

Niece:

  • Caterina de ' Medici (1519-1589), 1547-1559 Queen of France and from 1559 to 1589 politically influential queen mother.

Paternal uncle:

  • Giovanni de ' Medici, since 1513 Pope Leo X ( 1475-1521 )
  • Giuliano II de ' Medici, Duke of Nemours (1479-1516)

Marriage and children

From 1508 closed marriage with Filippo Strozzi (* 1488/89; † December 18, 1538 in Florence) following ten children come from:

  • Piero Strozzi (c. 1510; † June 21, 1558 ); Condottiere, political opponents of the Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo I (1519-1574); Marshal of France in 1554. He married 1539 Laudomia de ' Medici, daughter of the younger Pierfrancesco de' Medici ( 1487-1525 ) and his wife Maria Soderini. From this marriage of Filippo Strozzi Condottiere stems ( 1541-1582 ). Piero Strozzi had 1557 significant share in the conquest of Calais, and died in 1558 of complications from suffered in the battle of Thionville wounding.
  • Roberto ( also Ruberto ) Strozzi († 1566); was a friend in his youth with Michelangelo. He married in 1539 Maddalena de ' Medici ( † 1583 ), another daughter of Pierfrancesco de' Medici ( 1487-1525 ) and his wife Maria Soderini, and settled after 1547 as a banker in Lyon down.
  • Lorenzo Strozzi ( December 3, 1513, † December 14, 1571 in Avignon ); Abt, was appointed in 1548 Bishop of Bezier and on March 15, 1557 by Pope Paul IV cardinal. Lorenzo Strozzi was also in 1561 Archbishop of Albi, 1562 Archbishop of Aix -en- Provence and in 1568 Archbishop of Siena.
  • Leone Strozzi (* October 15, 1515, † June 28, 1554 ); occurred in 1530 with the Order of Malta. The Knights of Malta became the Prior of Capua and served from 1536 to 1552 as a galley commander of his order. Leone Strozzi was 1544 Ambassador of Malta in Constantinople Opel and fell in 1554 in the defense of the Republic of Siena to Florence and imperial troops.
  • Giulio Strozzi († 1537 )
  • Vincenzo Strozzi († 1537 )
  • Alessandro Strozzi († 1541)
  • Maria Strozzi, married to Lorenzo Ridolfi
  • Luigia Strozzi († 1534), married to Luigi Capponi
  • Maddalena Strozzi or Addalena, married to Flaminio, Count of Anguillara
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