In Assassin's Creed II, which Florentine family does Ezio Auditore belong to?

In Assassin's Creed II, Ezio Auditore belongs to the Auditore family of Florence.

Ezio is introduced in 1476 as a young Florentine nobleman. His father, Giovanni Auditore, is a banker who secretly assists the Assassins. After Giovanni and Ezio's brothers are executed through a political conspiracy, Ezio begins a decades-long quest for justice and gradually becomes an Assassin.

The Auditore family is fictional, but the game places it among real Renaissance families and political factions. The Medici family, especially Lorenzo de' Medici, appears as an important ally, while the Pazzi family is involved in the conspiracy known as the Pazzi conspiracy. The Borgias become central later in Ezio's story.

Ezio's surname is sometimes confused with the names of these historical families because Assassin's Creed II closely interweaves fictional protagonists with real people and events. The Auditore name identifies Ezio's own family and remains central to his personal motivation.