Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi

Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi
Born
Alessandra di Filippo Macinghi

c. 1408
Florence,Italy
DiedMarch 1471
Florence, Italy
Burial placeCapella Strozzi di Mantova in Basilica di Santa Maria Novella
SpouseMatteo di Simone Strozzi
ChildrenAndreuola (1424-c. 1425)
Andreuola Caterina (c. 1425-1435)
Simone (1427-1435)
Filippo Strozzi the Elder (1428-1491)
Piero (1429-1435)
Caterina (1431-1481)
Lorenzo (1432-1479)
Alessandra (1434-1494)
Matteo (1436-1459)
Parent(s)Filippo di Niccolò Macinghi and Caterina di Bernardo Alberti

Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi (c. 1408 – March c. 1471) was a Florentine Renaissance business and noblewoman known for her preserved correspondence which chronicled her financial and political struggles in Medici Florence.[1] Strozzi was largely family oriented and worked hard to place her sons in successful banking positions and all her children beneficial marriages.[1] Seventy-three of her letters were preserved by her son Filippo and are now housed by the Archivio de Stato di Firenze.[2][3] Strozzi's letters rank among the most significant primary sources from fifteenth-century Florence.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Gregory, Heather (1997). Selected Letters of Alessandra Strozzi: Bilingual Edition. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 1–3. ISBN 9780520203907.
  2. ^ Ann, Crabb (1992). "How Typical Was Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi of Fifteenth-Century Florentine Widows?". In Mirrer, Louise (ed.). Upon My Husband's Death: Widows in the Literature and Histories of Medieval Europe. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. pp. 47–61. ISBN 9780472102570.
  3. ^ Crabb, Ann (2000). The Strozzi of Florence: Widowhood and Family Solidarity in the Renaissance. University of Michigan Press. p. 2. ISBN 0-472-10912-X.