Personal life
In 1478, Giuliano was promised in marriage to Semiramide Appiani Aragona, daughter of Iacopo III Appiani, Prince of Piombino and niece of Simonetta Vespucci, though died before the wedding could take place. After Giuliano's death, Semiramide married his cousin, Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, in 1482. Giuliano had an illegitimate son by his mistress Fioretta Gorini, Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici, who would later become Pope Clement VII. The Pazzi conspirators attempted to lure Giuliano and Lorenzo away from Florence to kill them outside the boundaries of the city – first on the road to Piombino, then in Rome, and finally at a banquet hosted by the Medici at their villa in Fiesole. Giuliano did not come, claiming to be ill. The choice to commit the murder at high mass was a last minute choice.Death
As the opening stroke of the Pazzi conspiracy, Giuliano was assassinated on 26 April 1478 – in the Duomo of Florence, Santa Maria del Fiore, by Francesco de' Pazzi and Bernardo Baroncelli. During Mass, at the sounding of thePortrayals in media
Angelo Poliziano wrote two works which include Giuliano de' Medici as a major character. ''Stanze cominciate per la giostra del Magnifico Giuliano de’ Medici'' was written to commemorate a joust that Giuliano won in 1475. It is mostly fictionalized and involves Giuliano's love for Simonetta Vespucci. It was left unfinished, for both of his protagonists (Giuliano and Simonetta) died. The other work is ''Coniurationis Commentarium'', which was written in 1478 to commemorate Giuliano's murder. It explains the people involved in the plot and the events of the day of his assassination. Giuliano's portrait by Sandro Botticelli is thought to have been painted shortly after his death. The open window and dove were known symbols of death, and some have suggested that the lowered eyelids suggest that a death mask may have been used as reference. Giuliano makes a brief appearance in the video game '' Assassin's Creed II'' (2009) where he is murdered by Francesco de' Pazzi and other conspirators of the Pazzi conspiracy who were seeking to take over Florence under the command ofReferences
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Medici, Giuliano Di Piero De 1453 births 1478 deaths Nobility from the Republic of Florence Giuliano di Piero Italian murder victims 15th-century people from the Republic of Florence 15th-century Italian nobility Deaths by edged and bladed weapons Burials at San Lorenzo, Florence