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Piero Soderini
Ruler of Florence, 1502–1512, of the House of Soderini.
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Key details
Birth: 18 May 1452 Documented
Death: 13 June 1522 Documented
Role: Ruler / Patron
Dynasty: Soderini · ES
Territories: Florence (ES)
Recorded governments and reigns
Ruler · Florence · Government Pending review1502–1512Effective rule
Recorded relationships
No direct relationships are recorded for this person.
Sources for this profile
Biographical and contextual references in their original language. Sources and methodology.
Evidence for this profile
3 recorded claims · 1 without a claim-specific source. Context references do not by themselves verify every fact.
Dates (2/2 with a precise source)
- BirthDocumented
18 May 1452
Britannica dates his birth to 18 May 1452, agreeing with the GND year; the year has been corrected.Recorded alternatives: 1451 (the Atlas’s previous value, for which no specific source was located) - DeathDocumented
13 June 1522
Britannica dates his death to 13 June 1522.Recorded alternatives: 1524 (GND)
Governments (0/1 with a precise source)
- GovernmentPending review
Ruler · Florence · 1502–1512
A precise source has not yet been added.
Biographical and contextual references (2)
Editorial history
- 2026-10-12 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-08 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-03 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-09-30 · The duchy is limited to Dijon and Autun; each other fief now enters the map only under its dated ruler. John III of Namur and the Nevers/Rethel branch were added. The previous shape combined later counties and unrelated lands as if all belonged to the duchy from 1363.
- 2026-09-28 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
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