Lucrezia de’ Medici (14 February 1545 – 21 April 1561) was the daughter of Cosimo I de’ Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany and Eleanor of Toledo.Born in Florence she was the first wife of Alfonso II d’Este Duke of Modena and Ferrara whom she married on 3 July 1558. She did not move to Ferrara until February 1560 for her husband Alfonso was fighting in France. Lucrezia died in 1561 probably from tuberculosis.
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birth date
1544-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1545-02-14
birth place
Florence
death date
1561-04-21, 1562-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
death place
Ferrara
parent
Eleanor of Toledo, Cosimo I de' Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany
