Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi
Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi | |
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| Born | Alessandra di Filippo Macinghi c. 1408 Florence,Italy |
| Died | March 1471 Florence, Italy |
| Burial place | Capella Strozzi di Mantova in Basilica di Santa Maria Novella |
| Spouse | Matteo di Simone Strozzi |
| Children | Andreuola (1424-c. 1425) Andreuola Caterina (c. 1425-1435) Simone (1427-1435) Filippo Strozzi the Elder (1428-1491) Piero (1429-1435) Caterina (1431-1481) Lorenzo (1432-1479) Alessandra (1434-1494) Matteo (1436-1459) |
| Parent(s) | Filippo di Niccolò Macinghi and Caterina di Bernardo Alberti |
Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi (c. 1408 – March c. 1471) was a Florentine Renaissance business and noblewoman known for her preserved correspondence which chronicled her financial and political struggles in Medici Florence. Strozzi was largely family oriented and worked hard to place her sons in successful banking positions and all her children beneficial marriages. Seventy-three of her letters were preserved by her son Filippo and are now housed by the Archivio de Stato di Firenze. Strozzi's letters rank among the most significant primary sources from fifteenth-century Florence.