Contessina di Lorenzo de' Medici
Contessina Antonia Romola di Lorenzo de' Medici (Pistoia, 1478 - Rome, 29 June 1515) was an Italian noblewoman, ninth child and fifth and last daughter of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Lord of Florence, and his wife Clarice Orsini. She was the wife of the Florentine Piero Ridolfi, later made Count Palatine by her elder brother Pope Leo X. She was the cousin and foster sister of Pope Clement VII.
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Portrait of Contessina de' Medici, by unidentified painter, called "Ambito Fiorentino" | |
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| Full name | Contessina Antonia Romola di Lorenzo de' Medici |
| Born | 1478 Pistoia, Republic of Florence |
| Died | 29 June 1515 (aged 36–37) Rome, Papal state |
| Noble family | Medici (by birth) Ridolfi (by marriage) |
| Spouse(s) |
Pietro Ridolfi (m. 1494) |
| Issue | Luigi Rodolfi Emilia Ridolfi Clarice Ridolfi Niccolò Ridolfi Lorenzo Ridolfi Cosimo Ridolfi |
| Father | Lorenzo the Magnificent, Lord of Florence |
| Mother | Clarice Orsini |
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