
- Born:
- 11. June 1519
- Deceased:
- 21. April 1574 from a stroke
- Father:
Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (1498-1526)
- Mother:
Maria Salviati (1499-1543), daughter of Lucrezia de' Medici and Jacopo Salviati
- Spouse:
- Eleonora of Toledo (1522-1562), daughter of the Spanish Viceroy of Naples, Don Pedro Alvarez of Toledo († 1553); marriage on 29. March 1539
- Camilla (1545/47-1590), daughter of the nobleman Antonio Martelli; marriage on 29. March 1570
- Children:
his illegitimate children:
- his daughter Bianca, nicknamed "Bia", born around 1536, deceased on 1. March 1542; her mother is said to have been a Florentine lady
- his son Giovanni, born on 13. May 1563, deceased on 19. July 1621; his mother was Eleonora degli Albizzi
- a daughter, whose name we do not know, born and died in 1566; her mother was Eleonora degli Albizzi
his legitimate children:
for his children from his first marriage, see: Eleonora of Toledo
his daughter from his second marriage: Virginia, born on 29. May 1568, deceased on 13. January 1615; she was married to Duke Cesare I. d'Este of Modena and Reggio on 6. February 1586
his son Fagoro, who was born in 1570 and who probably died in 1578/80
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