Medici, Piero di Cosimo de'
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▪ Italian ruler
byname Piero The Gouty, Italian Piero Il Gottoso
born 1416
died Dec. 2, 1469
ruler of Florence for five years (1464–69), whose successes in war helped preserve the enormous prestige bequeathed by his father, Cosimo the Elder.
Afflicted by gout (a hereditary ailment of the Medici), Piero was so badly crippled that he was often able to use only his tongue. In 1466 he detected a plot to overthrow his rule, and, showing more courage than he was supposed to possess, he had himself borne on a litter to Florence, where he defeated his enemies. On Venice's launching a new war against Florence, he made an alliance with Milan and Naples, defeated the condottiere Bartolomeo Colleoni at Imola, and, under the peace of 1468, acquired Sarzana and Sarzanello.
Piero's wife, Lucrezia Tornabuoni, was highly intelligent; and his sons, Lorenzo (the
Magnificent) and Giuliano (1453–78), received an exceptional literary and artistic education. Piero himself acted as patron of the Platonic Academy and provided work for such great artists as Donatello, Andrea del Verrocchio, and Sandro Botticelli.
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