poggia

Updated: July 5, 2025

Francis remained her lover till his death, which was both dramatic and suspicious, husband and wife dying within a few hours of each other at the Medici villa of Poggia a Caiano in 1587. Historians have not hesitated to suggest that Francis was poisoned by his wife; but there is no proof.

E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas - A Wanderer in Florence