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.

External links

• Alessandro de Medici 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? An article in the Washington Post discussing her possible portrait by Pontormo

The original article can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulia_de'_Medici.
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