Giuliano de' Medici, Italian ruler (born 1453)

Giuliano de' Medici

Lord of Florence from 1469 to 1478

Giuliano de' Medici was the second son of Piero de' Medici and Lucrezia Tornabuoni. As co-ruler of the Florentine Republic, with his brother Lorenzo the Magnificent, he complemented his brother's image as the "patron of the arts" with his own image as the handsome, sporting…