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Pope Clement VII (May 26, 1478 – September 25, 1534), born Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici, was a cardinal from 1513 to 1523 and was pope from 1523 to 1534. [4] He was a first cousin of Leo X. Pope Pius IV (31 March 1499 – December 9, 1565), born Giovanni Angelo Medici, was pope from 1559 to 1565. However, he was only distantly related to the ...
2 Medici family tree (Grand Dukes of Tuscany) 3 Structure of the family tree lines. ... Pope Leo X: Luisa de' Medici (1477–1488) Contessina de' Medici (1478–1515) m.
The House of Medici (English: / ˈ m ɛ d ɪ tʃ i / MED-itch-ee, UK also / m ə ˈ d iː tʃ i / mə-DEE-chee; [4] Italian: [ˈmɛːditʃi]) was an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first consolidated power in the Republic of Florence under Cosimo de' Medici and his grandson Lorenzo "the Magnificent" during the first half of the 15th century.
Plaque commemorating the popes buried in St. Peter's Basilica (their names in Latin and the year of their burial). This chronological list of popes of the Catholic Church corresponds to that given in the Annuario Pontificio under the heading "I Sommi Pontefici Romani" (The Roman Supreme Pontiffs), excluding those that are explicitly indicated as antipopes.
Hanging of Bernardo Baroncelli, Leonardo da Vinci, 1479.Pazzi Conspirator. Giulio de' Medici's life began under tragic circumstances. On 26 April 1478—exactly one month before his birth—his father, Giuliano de Medici (brother of Lorenzo the Magnificent) was murdered in the Florence Cathedral by enemies of his family, in what is now known as the "Pazzi conspiracy". [17]
In May 1500, he returned to Rome, where he was received with outward cordiality by Pope Alexander VI, and where he lived for several years immersed in art and literature. In 1503 he welcomed the accession of Pope Julius II to the pontificate; the death of Piero de' Medici in the same year made Giovanni head of his family.
When Pope Leo X died, Adrian VI succeeded him but died within a year. He was succeeded by Pope Clement VII, the second Medici pope. Sophisticated, handsome, and intelligent, Pope Clement VII became one of Michelangelo's most important patrons – despite Vatican coffers running low during his papacy, due to the extravagances of previous popes ...
Giovanni de' Medici (cardinal) Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici; Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici; Don Giovanni de' Medici; Giovanni il Popolano; Giuliano de' Medici di Ottajano; Giuliano de' Medici; Giulio de' Medici (died 1600) Giuseppe de' Medici, 2nd Prince of Ottajano; Giuseppe de' Medici, 8th Prince of Ottajano; Giuseppe de' Medici, 10th Prince ...