Piero Strozzi

Piero Strozzi (* 1510 in Florence, † June 21, 1558 in Thionville ) was a member of the Florentine patrician family Strozzi and Condottiere. His father was Filippo Strozzi the Younger ( il Giovane ) ( 1488-1538 ), his mother Clara de ' Medici ( 1493-1528 ), sister of Lorenzo II de Medici. His brother was Leone Strozzi.

Life

He studied at Padua in 1529 and then returned to Florence. On August 1, 1537 fought ( and defeated ), he in his father's and his brother's side in the battle of Montemurlo. He was married since 1539 Laudomia de Medici, sister of Lorenzino de 'Medici, and yet a fierce opponent of the Medici, who fought for the French in the Italian wars. On August 2, 1554, the French troops were subject to under his leadership and the allied Sien Enser at the Battle of Scannagallo at Marciano della Chiana in the Chiana Valley (Val di Chiana ) against Duke Cosimo I of Florence. Nevertheless, he was appointed in 1555 to the Marshal of France. He took in 1557 on the French siege of Calais in part and fell 1558th It is believed that he introduced the branch of service Dragoons.

He was the father of Filippo Strozzi. Piero Strozzi was buried in Epernay.