Children
In total, Piero and Lucrezia had six children, but the youngest two died in infancy. Their surviving children were:
- Bianca de' Medici (1445–1488), married Guglielmo de' Pazzi and was mother to fifteen children.
- Lucrezia de' Medici (1448–1493), married Bernardo Rucellai. She is also known as Nannina.
- Lorenzo de' Medici (1449–1492), Lord of Florence and was married to Clarice Orsini.
- Giuliano de' Medici (1453–1478), father of Pope Clement VII.
Lucrezia, apparently wise and tolerant, even raised Maria, an illegitimate daughter of Piero, together with her own children.
Lucrezia and Piero made sure that their children acquired good taste in literary culture the fine arts and also hired tutors to educate them in such subjects as philosophy, business and accounting, and politics.
Read more about this topic: Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Biography
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