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Piero the Unfortunate
Lord of Florence (r. –)
Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici (15 February &#; 28 December ),[1]:&#;7&#; called Piero the Fatuous or Piero the Unfortunate, was the lord of Florence from until his exile in [2]
Early life
Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici was the eldest son of Lorenzo de' Medici (Lorenzo the Magnificent) and Clarice Orsini.
He was raised alongside his younger brother Giovanni, who would go on to become Pope Leo X, and his cousin Giulio, who would later become Pope Clement VII.[1]:&#;7&#;
Piero was educated to succeed his father as head of the Medici family and de facto ruler of the Florentine state, under figures such as Angelo Poliziano or Marsilio Ficino.[3] However, his feeble, arrogant, and undisciplined character was to prove unsuited to such a role.
Poliziano later died of poisoning, very possibly by Piero, on 24 September [4] Piero was also constantly at odds with his cousins,