Lorenzo II de MediciBirth Chart
Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici
12/09/1492 12:20
B - Biography/autobiography
Florence
Italy
43°46' ↑ North - 11°15' → East
00:45 East
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Lorenzo II de’ Medici (Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici) belonged to the influential Medici family and played a central political role in the early 16th century. Lord of Florence from 1513, he was granted the title Duke of Urbino by Pope Leo X in 1516, a move that reflected his ambition to consolidate personal power within Florence’s republican traditions.
His short rule involved military conflicts, notably the War of Urbino against Francesco Maria I della Rovere, in which he was wounded and temporarily succeeded in regaining the city by treaty in 1517, although Medici control of Urbino proved short-lived. Lorenzo II’s political career illustrates the tensions between regional dynasties and the instability of the Italian states during the Renaissance.
On the family front, he married Madeleine de La Tour d’Auvergne in 1518; his posthumous daughter, Catherine de’ Medici, later became queen of France. Niccolò Machiavelli dedicated The Prince to him, and Michelangelo sculpted his tomb—both symbols of the ties among the Medici, papal power, and the arts. Lorenzo II died in 1519, leaving a legacy defined by a brief effort to transform Florentine government toward ducal rule.
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↣ Mars in Leo - 10°57' - in house 8
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↣ Saturn in Aquarius - 14°08' - in house 2 - retrograde
↣ Uranus in Capricorn - 23°56' - in house 2 - retrograde
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↣ North Node in Scorpio - 05°04' - in house 11
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↣ Midheaven in Libra - 06°13' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Capricorn - 05°14'
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