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1518 - Political Events
Political Events
Lorenzo de' Medici, 26, journeys to France from his native Florence in March and is married in late May at the Château d'Amboise to Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, 16, a match arranged by his uncle, Pope Leo X, to cement relations with the new French king, François I.
