Lorenzo Cybo Malaspina (20 July 1500 – 14 March 1549) was an Italian general, who was duke of

Ferentillo Ferentillo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Terni in the Italian region Umbria, located about 60 km southeast of Perugia and about 12 km northeast of Terni. The ''comune'', located in the valley of the Nera, is divided b ...

Family

Born at

Sampierdarena Sampierdarena (also San Pier d'Arena; Ligurian: San Pè d'ænn-a) is a major port and industrial area of Genoa, in northwest Italy. With San Teodoro it forms the West Central (Centro Ovest) ''municipio''. Geography Sampierdarena lies on t ...

(in what is modern

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), he was the son of

Franceschetto Cybo Franceschetto Cybo (baptized Francesco) (c. 1450 – July 25, 1519) was an Italian nobleman, noteworthy for being the illegitimate son of Pope Innocent VIII (Giovanni Battista Cybo). Later naturalized by his father into becoming his legitimate he ...

and

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, daughter of ''

Lorenzo de' Medici Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (; 1 January 1449 – 8 April 1492) was an Italian statesman, banker, ''de facto'' ruler of the Florentine Republic and the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. Also known as Lorenzo ...

''. His uncle was

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. His paternal grandfather was

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. The former pushed him to marry

Ricciarda Malaspina Ricciarda Malaspina (1497 – 15 June 1553) was an Italian noblewoman, who was marquise of Massa and lady of Carrara from 1519 to 1546, and again from May 1547 until her death. She was ultimately succeeded by her younger son Alberico I. Life B ...

, heir of the Malaspina family, by which he founded the Cybo-Malaspina family. This family later included the marquisses and princes of Massa-Carrara. His sons

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and Alberico held in succession the lordship of

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and

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after Lorenzo's death, under the tutorage of their mother Ricciarda.

Military service

A skilled soldier, he held the position of commander-in-chief of the Papal Army.

Family

Military service

See also