Lorenzo Cybo

Lorenzo Cybo, also spelt Cibo, (20 July 1500 – 14 March 1549) was an Italian general, who was duke of Ferentillo, and co-owner marquis of Massa and lord of Carrara. Family Born at Sampierdarena (in what is modern Genoa), he was the son of Franceschetto Cybo and Maddalena de' Medici, daughter of Lorenzo de' Medici. His uncle was Pope Leo X. His paternal grandfather was Pope Innocent VIII. In 1520 the former, in agreement with Lorenzo's elder brother, Cardinal Innocenzo Cybo, arranged his marriage to Ricciarda Malaspina, heir of the Malaspina family, with whom he founded the new house of Cybo-Malaspina: it was to hold the Marquisate (then Duchy) of Massa and Carrara until 1829, when it was annexed to the Duchy of Modena and Reggio, ruled by a successor of theirs in the female line. The marriage turned out to be decidedly stormy. Lorenzo was co-owner ("co-padrone") of his wive's marquisate of Massa and Carrara from 1530 until 1541, when she succeded in having him removed by decree of Emperor Charles V.