Giulia de' Medici
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Giulia di Alessando de' Medici (ca. 1535 - ??), the illegitimate daughter of Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence.
She has become somewhat famous for a portrait by Pontormo whish shows Maria Salviati and a child; some scholars think that the child is Cosimo I de' Medici, but it is now generally accepted to be Giulia.
Together with her brother, Giulio, their descendants include most of the royal houses of Europe.
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External links
- Alessandro de Medici (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/secret/famous/medici.html) PBS online page discussing her father's ancestry, and her heirs; be careful, though, as it contains at least one known error
- An Overlooked Color In a Medici Portrait? (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10527-2001Nov24.html) An article in the Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/) discussing her possible portrait by Pontormo
