Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian ruler (born 1449)

Lorenzo de' Medici

Lord of Florence from 1469 to 1492

Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici, known as Lorenzo the Magnificent, was an Italian statesman, the de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic, and the most powerful patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. Lorenzo held the balance of power within the Italic League, an alliance of states…