Pazzi conspiracy
1478 plot in the Republic of Florence / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Pazzi conspiracy (Italian: Congiura dei Pazzi) was a failed plot by members of the Pazzi family and others to displace the Medici family as rulers of Renaissance Florence.
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Native name | Congiura dei Pazzi |
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Date | 26 April 1478, Easter Sunday |
Location | Duomo of Florence |
Also known as | Pazzi plot |
Type | Assassination attempt |
Organised by | |
Participants | |
Outcome | Partial failure |
Deaths | |
Non-fatal injuries | Lorenzo de' Medici, wounded |
Convictions | About 80 |
Sentence | Execution |
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On 26 April 1478 there was an attempt to assassinate Lorenzo de' Medici and his brother Giuliano. Lorenzo was wounded but survived; Giuliano was killed.
In the aftermath of the plot many of the conspirators – and others accused of being conspirators – were executed, some by hanging from the windows of the Palazzo della Signoria; there were some eighty executions in all. The surviving Pazzi family members were banished from Florence.