Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475–1564) Born on March 6, 1475, in Caprese, Italy, Michelangelo was the second of five sons to Ludovico di Leonardo Buonarroti Simoni, a minor government official, and Francesca di Neri del Miniato di Siena. His family had once been part of the Florentine banking elite but had fallen on hard …
