Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence
Alessandro de' Medici (22 July 1510 – 6 January 1537), nicknamed "il Moro" due to his dark complexion, Duke of Penne and the first Duke of the Florentine Republic (from 1532), was ruler of Florence from 1530 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 distant cousin Lorenzaccio caused the title of Duke to pass to Cosimo I de Medici, from the family's junior branch.
| Alessandro de' Medici | |
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Portrait of Alessandro de' Medici, duke of Florence, painted by Pontormo, oil on canvas, c. 1534–1535, Philadelphia Museum of Art | |
| Duke of Florence | |
| Reign | 1 May 1532 – 6 January 1537 |
| Predecessor | Ippolito de' Medici |
| Successor | Cosimo I de' Medici |
| Born | 22 July 1510 Florence, Republic of Florence |
| Died | 6 January 1537 (aged 26) Florence, Duchy of Florence |
| Spouse |
Margaret of Parma (m. 1536) |
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| House | Medici |
| Father | Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, or Pope Clement VII |
| Mother | Simonetta da Collevecchio |
| Religion | Catholicism |
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