Nearly 500 years ago, Duke Alessandro de Medici was lured with the promise of spending the night with a beautiful widow, but instead met the end of a knife from an assassin — hired by his cousin ...

Alessandro was born in Urbino, Italy, the son of an African woman named Simonetta, a de' Medici household slave. What historians can't decide is who Alessandro's father was: Lorenzo or Giulio de ...

Following the city’s capitulation, Clement installed Alessandro de’ Medici as Duke. The licentious Alessandro, who may have been Clement’s illegitimate son, did not last long.

Beside Alessandro, an easily-missed bronze medal depicts his distant cousin Lorenzino de’ Medici, whom history remembers for assassinating Alessandro in 1537, clearing the way for Cosimo I’s ...

Renaissance Italy wasn’t solely the realm of white rulers. Consider Alessandro de’ Medici, the illegitimate son of Duke Lorenzo de’ Medici and a servant believed to be of African descent.

Alessandro de Medici, known as The Moor, was the first hereditary Medici duke. He was popular with the Florentine people but his cousins Ippolito and Lorenzino never forgave him for taking up ...

You know, I was really excited to meet Catherine’s brother Alessandro de Medici this season because he was a character in history I actually didn’t know much about.

Finally, Rosalie Craig plays Antoine's wife Jeanne d'Albret and Ashley Thomas takes on the role of Alessandro de Medici. The Serpent Queen season 2 premieres Friday, July 12, 2024 on Starz.