Giulia De' Medici
Giulia Romola di Alessandro de' Medici (c. 1535 – c. 1588) was the illegitimate, possibly biracial, daughter of Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence and his mistress Taddea Malaspina.
Following her father's assassination, she was reared at the court of Cosimo I de' Medici and married advantageously twice.
Read more about Giulia De' Medici: Early Life, Pontormo Portrait, Later Life
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