Lorenzo's brother, Giuliano de'Medici, famously impregnated his mistress ... became the first black head of state when he was made Duke of Florence in 1530. But he met a sticky end - stabbed ...

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 ...

Beowulf. Free Thinking -Teenage life: David and Ben Aaronovitch, Viv Albertine, Iroise Dumontheil, Simon Stephens For over 400 years it's been claimed that the first Medici Duke of Florence was ...