Lorenzo II de' Medici (1492-1519)

Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-92). Called Lorenzo the Magnificent, he was a scholar, gifted poet and a shrewd statesman who managed to survive assassination plots and avert wars between Florence and the cities of Naples and Volterra, Lorenzo built libraries and supported artists and poets, including Michelangelo and Botticelli. He was born in the powerful House of Medici family from Florence, Italy. The Medici family was politicians, bankers, and religious scholars. Unfortunately, his business sense was not as keen as his political skills or artistic acumen. He mismanaged the family's banking business, and it never recovered.

On June 13, 1518, Lorenzo married Madeleine de LaTour d'Auvergne, who was from the House of LaTour d'Auvergne; LaTour family from the village of LaTour in the Auvergne Region. They became the parents of Caterina Maria Romola di Lorenzo de' Médici, known as Catherine de' Medici.

--LaTour Genealogical Collection 23:52, 26 August 2008 (UTC)