Clarice di Piero de' Medici (1489–1528) was the daughter of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici and Alfonsina Orsini. Born in Florence, she was the granddaughter of Lorenzo de' Medici, niece of Pope Leo X and sister to

Lorenzo II de' Medici Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (; 12 September 1492 – 4 May 1519) was the ruler of Florence from 1516 until his death in 1519. He was also Duke of Urbino during the same period. His daughter Catherine de' Medici became Queen Consort of Fran ...

. After her brother's premature death in 1519, she educated his daughter Catherine, the future Queen of France. In 1508 she married Filippo Strozzi the Younger and moved to Rome. Filippo and Clarice had ten children: * Piero Strozzi (about 1510 - 21 June 1558),

condottiero ''Condottieri'' (; singular ''condottiero'' or ''condottiere'') were Italian captains in command of mercenary companies during the Middle Ages and of multinational armies during the early modern period. They notably served popes and other Europe ...

and Marshal of France *Roberto Strozzi (died 1566), married Maddalena di Pierfrancesco de' Medici ( Florence, c. 1523 - Rome, 14 April 1583), daughter of

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*Maria Strozzi, married

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* Leone Strozzi (15 October 1515 - 28 June 1554),

and

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*Giulio Strozzi (died 1537) *Vincenzo Strozzi (died Rome, c. 1537) *Alessandro Strozzi (died 1541) *Luigia Strozzi (died 1534), married Senator

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( patrician of Florence) *Maddalena Strozzi, married Count Flaminio dell'Anguillara * Lorenzo Strozzi (3 December 1513 - 14 December 1571), abbot and

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She died in 1528 from either miscarriage or childbirth complications of a stillborn child

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* 1493 births 1528 deaths Nobility from Florence

Clarice Clarice is a female given name, an anglicization of the French Clarisse, derived from the Latin and Italian name Clarissa, originally used in reference to the nuns of the Roman Catholic Order of St. Clare, whose own name ultimately derives fro ...

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