Leone Strozzi

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Leone Strozzi (15 October 1515 – 28 June 1554) was an Italian condottiero belonging to the famous Strozzi family of Florence.

Biography

He was the son of Filippo Strozzi the Younger and Clarice de' Medici, and brother to Piero, Roberto and Lorenzo Strozzi.

After his father's defeat in the Battle of Montemurlo, Strozzi fled with his brothers to France, at the court of Catherine de' Medici. Later he fought against Cosimo I de' Medici at Siena, but was again defeated.

In 1530, Strozzi became a knight of the Order of Malta, for which he was Prior in Capua. In 1536, he was named commander of the galleys of the Order, a position he held again in 1552. In August 1547 he captured St Andrews Castle in Scotland from the Protestant Lairds of Fife who had killed David Beaton. The lairds knew an expert was in the field when they observed cannon being winched into position with ropes rather than exposing the besiegers to their fire.[1]

Strozzi died in the siege of Scarlino, in Tuscany, during the unsuccessful defence of Republic of Siena against Florence and the Holy Roman Empire, shot by an arquebus ball.


Ancestry

Family of Leone Strozzi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Simone Strozzi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Matteo Strozzi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Andreina Rondinelli
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Filippo Strozzi the Elder
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Filippo Macinghi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Alessandra Macinghi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Filippo Strozzi the Younger
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Bartolommeo Gianfigliazzi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Salvaggia Gianfigliazzi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Leone Strozzi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Piero de' Medici
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Lorenzo de' Medici
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Lucrezia Tornabuoni
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Piero de' Medici
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Jacopo Orsini, Lord of Monterotondo and Bracciano
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Clarice Orsini
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Maddalena Orsini (daughter of 28 and 29)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Clarice de' Medici
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Carlo Orsini, Lord of Bracciano
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Roberto Orsini, Count of Tagliacozzo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Paola Orsini
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Alfonsina Orsini
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Amerigo Sanseverino, Count of Capaccio
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Caterina Sanseverino
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Margherita Sanseverino
 
 
 
 
 
 

Footnotes

  1. Lindsay of Pitscottie, Chronicles of Scotland, vol. 2, Edinburgh, (1814), 489-490.

References

  • Landi, Fausto: Gli ultimi anni della Repubblica di Siena 1525 - 1555, Edizioni Cantagalli, Siena 1994

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