Diamonds are forever! Also, the three FS biographies I've read since we last talked about this all point out that FS also took over the (considerable) Medici debts along with the Medici property, which he had to pay and did pay, and that the story of him heartlessly selling heirlooms came largerly from Florentine nobles who had bet on Don Carlos succeeding and having ingratiated themselves with the Spaniards now were miffed that Team Lorraine took over (literally in some cases, since FS brought in various of his Lorraine nobles who themselves had to leave because Stanislaw Lescynsky took over Lorraine.
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timeasmymeasure
Re: The Florentine diamond
Date: 2025-11-20 03:05 pm (UTC)