Galeotto II Pico della Mirandola,

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(Mirandola, 1508 – Paris, 20 November 1550), was an Italian

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. He was the son of Ludovico I Pico, who died in 1509 and Francesca Trivulzio and grew up under the tutelage of his mother, who ruled the state in his name until 1511. He learned from it the hatred of his uncle Gianfrancesco II Pico, lord of Mirandola. In 1533 he entered the castle and murdered his uncle, taking power. Then

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sent his commissioners to Mirandola, inviting Galeotto to hand over the State, but he refused and was therefore sentenced to death. But not even the sending of the general

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succeeded in moving Galeotto. He then placed himself in 1536, under the protection of

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, sending his children to the French court. In the

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, when the war between the French and Charles V rekindled, Galeotto participated in

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in the maneuvers against the imperials. He died in

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in 1550. He was the father of Silvia Pico della Mirandola and Fulvia Pico della Mirandola, who married the brothers François III de La Rochefoucauld, Prince of Marcillac, Count of Roucy and Baron of Verteuil, and Charles de La Rochefoucauld, Comte de Randan, in a double marriage of siblings.

Bibliography

* *{{cite book , last=Litta Biumi , first=Pompeo , authorlink=Pompeo Litta Biumi , title=Famiglie celebri di Italia. Pico della Mirandola , location=Milano , publisher=Luciano Basadonna Editore , year=1853 , url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/services/engine/search/sru?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.2&collapsing=disabled&rk=21459;2&query=dc.relation%20all%20%22cb41249636m%22 , language=it

References

1508 births 1550 deaths House of Pico People from Mirandola