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Lotta "Contessina" de' Bardi (c. 1392 – 1473) ...
Early life
[edit]Born around 1392, Lotta de' Bardi was the daughter of Alessandro di Sozzo Bardi, count of Vernio, and Cammilla Pannocchieschi. She was raised in Oltrarno, a neighborhood of Florence.[1] At the time, the Bardi family was a powerful noble family in Florence.[2] Although the Bardi bank failed in the mid-14th century when its debtors failed to repay their loans, the family retained its influence as a result of its noble status.[3]
Contessina married Cosimo de' Medici around 1415.[1] The marriage was strategic, designed to merge the nobility of the Bardi family with the wealth of the Medicis.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Pernis & Adams 2006, p. 10.
- ^ Pernis & Adams 2006, pp. 10–11.
- ^ a b Pernis & Adams 2006, p. 11.
Sources
[edit]- Pernis, Maria Grazia; Adams, Laurie Schneider (2006). Lucrezia Tornabuoni de' Medici and the Medici Family in the Fifteenth Century. New York: Peter Lang. ISBN 978-0-8204-7645-2.