Alessandro de' Medici

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Alessandro de' Medici | A Dark Duke. Economist, May 7, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21698226-dark-duke
(Catherine Fletcher, The Black Prince of Florence; The spectacular life and treacherous world of Alessandro de’ Medici. two publishers, 2016)

Note:
(a) Alessandro "lusted after a married woman in Florence. While her husband was away on business, his trusted cousin Lorenzino [1514 – 1548] promised him an assignation with her."
(i) Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_de%27_Medici,_Duke_of_Florence
(1511/12 – 1537; called il Moro the Moor)
(ii) House of Medici
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Medici
(section 1.1 Origins)
(iii)
(A) assignation (n)
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assignation
(B) assignation (n): " * * * Meaning 'action of legally transfering' [sic] (a right or property) is from 1570s; that of 'a meeting by arrangement, tryst' is from 1650s"
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=assignation

(b) "Different branches of the family had produced only two sons, Alessandro and Ippolito; both were illegitimate."
(i) Ippolito
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ippolito
(may refer to: "Ippolito de Medici - illegitimate son of Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici")
(ii) Ippolito de' Medici
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ippolito_de%27_Medici
(1511 – 1535; Alessandro de' Medici caught him [Ippolito] and Catherine de' Medici in a private embrace)
(iii) Catherine de' Medici
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_de%27_Medici
(1519 – 1589; Pope Leo X (born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici; uncle of Catherine's father) " intended to marry her to Ippolito de' Medici [age difference : 8]; wife of King Henry II of FRANCE [reign 1547 – 1559])

(c) Pope "Clement VII, who was waging war with Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor (and king of Spain), fell ill. To protect the family's power base, he made Ippolito, then 18, a cardinal"  (So when Ippolito and catherine in private embrace, see (b)(ii), Catherine was at most 10 years old.)
(i) Pope Clement VII
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_VII
(1478 – 1534; pope 1523- 1534; born Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici; The Sack of Rome [May 6, 1527] and English Reformation occurred during his papacy)
(ii) The Sack of Rome. Oxford University Press, May 6, 2012 (blog).
blog.oup.com/2012/05/the-sack-of-rome/