:this article is on the first duke of florence. for the alessandro de' medici who was pope, see pope leo xi.  alessandro de' medici (july 22, 1510&nbsp;â january 6, 1537) called "il moro" ("the moor"), duke of penne and also duke of florence (from 1532), was ruler of florence from 1530 until 1537. though illegitimate, he was the last member of the "senior" branch of the medici to rule florence and the first to be a hereditary duke. ==life== born in florence, he was recognized as the only son of lorenzo ii de' medici (grandson of lorenzo de' medici, the magnificent), but many scholars today believe him to be in fact the illegitimate son of giulio de' medici (later pope clement vii), nephew of lorenzo de' medici, the magnificent. historians (such as christopher hibbert) believe he had been born to a servant of african descent who was working in the medici household, identified in documents as simonetta da collevecchio. the nickname (il moro) is said to derive from his features (hibbert 1999: 236).george l. willi
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