Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi | |
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Born | Alessandra di Filippo Macinghi c. 1408 Florence,Italy |
Died | March 1471 Florence, Italy |
Burial place | Capella Strozzi di Mantova in Basilica di Santa Maria Novella |
Spouse | Matteo di Simone Strozzi |
Children | Andreuola (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]