Background
She was born after the assassination of Alessandro and was placed as a young child in the Augustinian convent of San Clemente in Via San Gallo.
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Porzia Medici
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The convent was founded by Maria Salviati, the mother of Cosimo I de" Medici, to shelter the illegitimate daughters of Alessandro. Porzia took her final vows and became a Roman Catholic nun. Eventually she became the abbess of the convent.
A mural was painted depicting Porzia with Francesco, Ferdinando, Giovanni, and Garzia, the four sons of Cosimo I de" Medici.
That mural has since been lost. Her half-sister Giulia often visited Porzia at her convent.
She died in the convent at the age of twenty-seven.
