2006/12/21 by Francesco Mari, Aldo Polettini, Donatella Lippi +1 · 3 citations
Environmental Science · #Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity #Wife #History #Art #Humanities #Philosophy #Theology
paper · pdf · doi:10.1136/bmj.38996.682234.ae
openalex publication_date 2006/12/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
Modern analytical techniques have allowed re-evaluation of the cause of death of Francesco I de9 Medici and his wife, Bianca Cappello. It now seems that the grand-ducal couple died of acute arsenic poisoning and not malaria as previously believed