page_title: Lucrezia Tornabuoni
section_title: Marriage
hierarchical_section_title: Lucrezia Tornabuoni / Marriage
caption_attribution_description: (a Birth Salver)
context_page_description: Lucrezia Tornabuoni was an influential Italian political adviser and author during the 15th century. She was a member of one of the most powerful Italian families of the time and married Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, de facto Lord of Florence.
  Lucrezia had significant political influence during the rule of her husband and then of her son Lorenzo the Magnificent, investing in several institutions and improving relationships to support the needs of the poor. She was a patron of the arts and the author of several poems and plays.
context_section_description: On 3 Jun 1444, Lucrezia married Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, son of Cosimo de' Medici, a wealthy banker and statesman from Florence. Her father was a friend and supporter of Cosimo, even through the latter's exile in 1434. The marriage and her dowry of 1200 florins helped to seal the alliance between their families. Lucrezia and Piero developed a good relationship and frequently wrote to each other while apart with tenderness and concern. She also became a good friend of her brother-in-law Giovanni.
  Lucrezia and Piero ensured that their children acquired good taste in literary culture and the fine arts. They hired tutors to educate them in such subjects as politics, business, accounting, and philosophy. Gentile de' Becchi and Cristoforo Landino were among the teachers. The couple eventually had eight children, though two sons and a daughter didn't survive to adulthood:
  Maria (died before 1473): May have been a child born to Piero by another woman, but she was raised with the other children. Married Leonetto Rossi.
  Bianca (1445-1505): Married Guglielmo Pazzi.
  Lucrezia (1447–1493): Known as Nannina. Married Bernardo Rucellai. 
  Lorenzo (1449–1492): Succeded his father as Lord of Florence. Married Clarice Orsini.
  Giuliano (1453–1478): Became father of Pope Clement VII. Killed in 1478 as a result of the Pazzi conspiracy against the Medici.
caption: Triumph of Fame desco da parto by Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi was presented to Lucrezia upon the birth of her first son, Lorenzo de' Medici.[6]
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