Contessina de' Bardi

Contessina de' Medici
Lady of Florence
Cristofano dell'Altissimo, posthumous portrait of Contessina de' Bardi
Bornc. 1390
Florence
DiedOctober 1473
Florence
Noble familyBardi (by birth)
Medici (by marriage)
Spouse(s)Cosimo de' Medici
IssuePiero the Gouty
Giovanni de' Medici
FatherAlessandro di Sozzo de' Bardi, count of Vernio
MotherCamilla Pannocchieschi

Contessina de' Bardi (1390–October 1473[1]), was an Italian noblewoman from the House of Bardi. Her marriage into the House of Medici provided her husband's family with much needed nobility, prestige, and military support as they established their power in Florence.[2]

  1. ^ Tomas 2003, p. 7.
  2. ^ Tomas 2003, pp. 16–17.