Marriage and Children
Piero married Alfonsina Orsini in 1488. She was a daughter of Roberto Orsini, Count of Tagliacozzo and Caterina Sanseverino. They had four children:
- Lorenzo de' Medici (September 9, 1492 - died at a young age).
- Lorenzo II, Duke of Urbino (September 4, 1493 - May 4, 1519).
- Clarice de' Medici (1493 - May 3, 1528). She married Filippo Strozzi the Younger (1488–1538).
- Cosimo de' Medici (died at a young age).
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