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Lorenzo de' Medici

1449 - 1492

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Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (Italian: [loˈrɛntso de ˈmɛːditʃi]), known as Lorenzo the Magnificent (Italian: Lorenzo il Magnifico; 1 January 1449 – 9 April 1492), was an Italian statesman, the de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic, and the most powerful patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. Lorenzo held the balance of power within the Italic League, an alliance of states that stabilized political conditions on the Italian Peninsula for decades, and his life coincided with the mature phase of the Italian Renaissance and the golden age of Florence. As a patron, he is best known for his sponsorship of artists such as Botticelli and Michelangelo. On the foreign policy front, Lorenzo manifested a clear plan to stem the territorial ambitions of Pope Sixtus IV, in the name of the balance of the Italic League of 1454. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lorenzo de' Medici is the 162nd most popular politician (down from 110th in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Italy (down from 38th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Italian Politician.

Lorenzo de' Medici is most famous for being the ruler of Florence during the Renaissance. He was a patron of the arts and helped bring the Renaissance to Florence.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lorenzo de' Medici ranks 162 out of 19,576. Before him are Henry IV of France, Uthman, Murad III, Ahmed I, Herod the Great, and Silvio Berlusconi. After him are Titus, Diocletian, Hatshepsut, Hermann Göring, George Marshall, and Mary, Queen of Scots.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1449, Lorenzo de' Medici ranks 1. After him are George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Aldus Manutius, Axayacatl, Bona of Savoy, Sidonie of Poděbrady, Sankardev, Mandukhai, Catherine of Poděbrady, and Margaret of Thuringia. Among people deceased in 1492, Lorenzo de' Medici ranks 1. After him are Pope Innocent VIII, Piero della Francesca, Jami, Elizabeth Woodville, Casimir IV Jagiellon, Antoine Busnois, Gülbahar Hatun, Beatrice of Silva, Sonni Ali, Jaume Huguet, and Christina Abrahamsdotter.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lorenzo de' Medici ranks 71 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Pius VII (1742), Evangelista Torricelli (1608), Pope Leo X (1475), Silvio Berlusconi (1936), Pope Leo XII (1760), and Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736). After him are Titus (41), Mark Antony (-83), Saint Lucy (283), Lucretius (-94), Catherine de' Medici (1519), and Pope Pius VIII (1761).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Lorenzo de' Medici ranks 17. Before him are Caligula (12), Brutus the Younger (-85), Tiberius (-42), Sulla (-138), Pontius Pilate (-12), and Silvio Berlusconi (1936). After him are Titus (41), Mark Antony (-83), Vespasian (9), Domitian (51), Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (-600), and Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (1820).

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