Lorenzo de' Medici

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{{Character Infobox
|image=Zw-lorenzodemedici.png
|name=Lorenzo de' Medici
|faction=[[Medicis]]
|appear=''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''
|period=Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice=[[Alex Ivanovichi]]
}}
'''Lorenzo de' Medici''' (1 January 1449 – 9 April 1492) was an Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the [[Florence|Florentine Republic]] during the Italian Renaissance. Known as Lorenzo the Magnificent (Lorenzo il Magnifico) by contemporary Florentines, he was a diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists, and poets. His life coincided with the high point of the early Italian Renaissance; his death marked the end of the Golden Age of Florence. The fragile peace he helped maintain between the various Italian states collapsed with his death. Lorenzo de' Medici is buried in the Medici Chapel in Florence.

==Biography==
===''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''===
[[File:Vlc 2009-10-28 23-09-16-26.png|thumb|left|Lorenzo hearing the report of Giovanni Auditore.]]
Lorenzo de' Medici is ruling over [[Florence]]. But a conspiracy is going on, trying to overthrow the [[House of Medici|Medicis]] dynasty. Lorenzo hires [[Giovanni Auditore]], an [[Assassin]], to investigate. He brings to him a man of [[Rodrigo Borgia]], who after being tortured reveals the plan of assassinating the Duke of Milan, [[wikipedia:Galeazzo Maria Sforza|Galeazzo Maria Sforza]], a powerful ally of Lorenzo. He then sends Giovanni to Milan in order to prevent the assassination. Unfortunately for him, Giovanni fails, as the assassination attempt proved successful, but retrieved a decoded paper from the thug that lead the assassination.
[[File:Lorenzoingame.jpg|thumb|left|Lorenzo's concept art]]
===''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''===
Several years after Giovanni Auditore's death, Francesco de Pazzi attempts to assassinate him, though he only succeed in killing his brother by stabbing him in the chest several times and severely injuring Lorenzo. Ezio soon comes and saves Lorenzo from Francesco by killing all of his guards, forcing Francesco to flee. Lorenzo is then escorted back to his house by Ezio in the war infested Florence. Lorenzo then asks [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] to save Florence by killing Francesco, which Ezio does, and Lorenzo gives him a cape which will allow Ezio to no longer get nortitory in Florence and Tuscany countryside if worn but guards will chase him. Ezio works as Lorenzo's personal assassin by performing assassination contracts until Lorenzo dies in 1492 (though you can still do assassination contracts for him long after his death).

Lorenzo's death may be portrayed in the story at the beginning of the new level, Bonfire of the Vanities. 

== Trivia ==

*In order to ensure that the player always has the ability to complete all of the side missions, the player is allowed to perform assassination contracts for Lorenzo in memory sequences that take place after Lorenzo's death. The Palazzo Medici side mission which features Lorenzo can be completed after Lorenzo's death as well.

[[File:Ezio and Lorenzo.jpg|thumb|center|400px|Ezio and Lorenzo.]]

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