Piccarda Bueri was an Italian noblewoman of the Renaissance

Renaissance

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Life

She was the daughter of Edward Bueri, a member of a family of ancient lineage from Florence

Florence

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 with economic interests in other cities; the family was in fact in Verona

Verona

Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...

 in the first half of the fourteenth century when she was born. Back in Florence she was married to the young banker Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici

Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici

Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici was an Italian banker, the first historically relevant member of Medici family of Florence, and the founder of the Medici bank...

 in 1386.

She was known for her beauty, but her husband was known for being ugly. The marriage brought respectability to Giovanni and their children, since he was not of noble descent. Just before he died, he asked her to take care of their children. She was buried with him after her death in the Old Sacristy of San Lorenzo

San Lorenzo

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Carlo Marsuppini

Carlo Marsuppini

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 wrote a eulogy in which he sang her praises, in which he compared the love between Piccarda and Giovanni with that of famous couples from antiquity. In it, he compared her with Penelope

Penelope

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, Artemisia II of Caria

Artemisia II of Caria

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, Julia Caesaris

Julia Caesaris

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 and Porcia Catonis

Porcia Catonis

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Children

• Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici
  Cosimo de' Medici
  Còsimo di Giovanni degli Mèdici was the first of the Medici political dynasty, de facto rulers of Florence during much of the Italian Renaissance; also known as "Cosimo 'the Elder'" and "Cosimo Pater Patriae" .-Biography:Born in Florence, Cosimo inherited both his wealth and his expertise in...
  
   (1389–1464)
• Lorenzo di Giovanni de' Medici (1395–1464)