Piero di Cosimo de' Medici

Piero the Gouty
Portrait of Piero by Bronzino.
Lord of Florence
Reign1 August 1464 – 2 December 1469
PredecessorCosimo the Elder
SuccessorLorenzo de' Medici
Born19 September 1416
Florence, Republic of Florence
Died2 December 1469(1469-12-02) (aged 53)
Florence, Republic of Florence
Noble familyMedici
Spouse(s)Lucrezia Tornabuoni
IssueGiovanni ill.
Bianca
Lucrezia (called Nannina)
Lorenzo the Magnificent
Giuliano
Maria
Two sons
FatherCosimo de' Medici
MotherContessina de' Bardi
The augmented coat of arms granted to Piero by Louis XI in 1465, replacing one of the seven "balls" or palle of the family arms by a somewhat larger ball showing the arms of France.

Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, known as Piero the Gouty (Italian: Piero "il Gottoso"), (1416 – 2 December 1469)[1] was the de facto ruler of Florence from 1464 to 1469, during the Italian Renaissance.