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Lotta "Contessina" de' Bardi (c. 1392 – 1473) ...

Early life
Born around 1392, Lotta de' Bardi was the daughter of Alessandro di Sozzo Bardi, count of Vernio, and Cammilla Pannocchieschi. She was raised in Oltrarno, a neighborhood of Florence. At the time, the Bardi family was a powerful noble family in Florence. Although the Bardi bank failed in the mid-14th century when its debtors failed to repay their loans, the family retained its influence as a result of its noble status.

Contessina married Cosimo de' Medici around 1415. The marriage was strategic, designed to merge the nobility of the Bardi family with the wealth of the Medicis.