Caterina Maria Romola di Lorenzo de Medici was born in Florence on 13 April 1519. Her father was Lorenzo de Medici, Duke of Urbino and ruler of Florence and her mother was Madeleine de la Tour d ...

Clement took a black slave girl as a mistress. Their child, Allessandro, became the first black head of state when he was made Duke of Florence in 1530. But he met a sticky end - stabbed to death ...

This is the latest in a series of diary entries by Stephany Perez-Sanchez, one of eight Duke students who will write about their summer travels for Duke Today. Read more here. Ciao! I’ve been in Italy ...

Officially, "Black History Month Florence" was born in 2016 with 19 events and 15 partners and has grown to 350 events today. In the city of Alessandro de Medici, Duke of Florence (who in 1523 ...

Catherine Fletcher looks at whether he was mixed race. Show more For over 400 years it's been claimed that the first Medici Duke of Florence was mixed race, his mother a slave of African descent.

Wales Bonner began work on the season by looking towards the figure of Alessandro de Medici, Duke of Florence, who spent much of his life in the palazzo. A hereditary ruler, he is said to have been ...