Duccio de Luca
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Duccio de Luca (1462 - 1520) was a member of the Florentine nobility, who eventually became a trader, ferrying merchandise between Rome and other cities.
Biography
Early life
As of 1476, Duccio was promised to Claudia Auditore da Firenze. However, he cheated on her, saying that his father had told him he "could do much better than an Auditore".[1]
After Claudia was informed of this by other girls, her brother Ezio met with Duccio outside the Duomo. There, he beat him up as payback, and warned Duccio to stay away from Claudia.[1]
Life as a trader
In 1506, Duccio visited Rome, where he learned that Claudia had become the Madame of the Rosa in Fiore, Rome's most popular brothel. He met with Ezio Auditore again, and provoked him into a fight.[2]
Though aided by several henchmen, he was unable to beat Ezio. Ezio demanded the location of the three da Vinci paintings that Duccio had acquired, and the merchant admitted that one was on his ship, while the other two had already been sold. Upon insulting Claudia further however, he was ultimately knocked unconscious by Ezio, and left on the docks.[2]
In 1511, Duccio had wound up in Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, where he encountered a Venitian woman named Sofia Sartor. Trying to flirt with her, Duccio was stopped by Ezio Auditore, also present in the city and already having befriended Sofia. Scared, Duccio ran away from Ezio.[3]
Later life
In his later life, Duccio's business failed, and he was left penniless. He barely survived, only just managing to scrape a living, and later died due to rabies, which he likely received from a dog bite in Rome.[2]
Trivia
- Duccio is called Duccio Dovizi in Assassin's Creed: Renaissance.
Gallery
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Duccio cheating on Claudia with another woman. -
Duccio giving the woman a ring. -
Duccio preparing to fight Ezio hand-to-hand.
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Duccio with a woman on the docks of Rome.
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Duccio's fight against Ezio.
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Ezio and Duccio, after their fight. -
Ezio questioning Duccio.
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Duccio knocked out after the fight.
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A close-up of Duccio. -
Duccio in 1511
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