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Medici family tree (Grand Dukes of Tuscany) Lodovico de' Medici (1498–1526) ... descendants to 17th century: descendants to 18th century: descendants to 14th or 15th
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.
Cardinal Giancarlo de' Medici: 24 July 1611, Son of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Maria Maddalena of Austria: Unmarried; No issue 22 January 1663 Margherita de' Medici: 31 May 1612, Daughter of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Maria Maddalena of Austria: Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma 5 children: February 6, 1679
His descendants are varied and numerous. Some of his descendants are Juan Carlos of Spain, Franz, Duke of Bavaria, Diana, Princess of Wales, actress Brooke Shields and singer and actress Jane Birkin. He had six children with his wife Marie de' Medici and also had at least eleven illegitimate children with his many mistresses. This article deals ...
In his book "The History of My Dynasty," Ottaviano de' Medici points to Vatican law at the time and claims that either the Medici Princes of Ottaiano or the Veronese Medici should have inherited the Grand Duchy of Tuscany upon the death of last of the Medici Grand Dukes, Gian Gastone de' Medici, [4] instead of the Habsburg-Lorraine line, since both Medici branches were closer descendants [5 ...
Catherine de' Medici 1519–1589 Bourbons: Marie de' Medici 1575–1642: Henry IV 1553–1610 King of France and Navarre r. 1589–1610: Margaret 1553–1615: Francis II 1544–1560 King of France r. 1559–1560: Philip II The Prudent 1527–1598 King of England, Naples, Sicily, Sardinia, Spain, and Portugal: Elisabeth of Valois 1545–1568 ...
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There were four popes who were related to the Medici. [2] Pope Leo X (December 11, 1475 – December 1, 1521), born Giovanni de' Medici, was pope from 1513 to his death. [3] 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]