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Last Lord and first Duke of Florence. Catherine de' Medici. *1519 †1589. Queen consort of France between 1547 and 1559. Cosimo I. *1519 †1574. First Grand Duke of Tuscany. Pope Leo XI.
Beginning in 1434 with the rise to power of Cosimo de Medici (or Cosimo the Elder), the family’s patronage of the arts and humanities made Florence into the cradle of the Renaissance, Europe’s...
The main challengers to the Albizzi family were the Medici, first under Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici, later under his son Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici and great-grandson, Lorenzo de' Medici. The Medici controlled the Medici Bank—then Europe's largest bank—and an array of other enterprises in Florence and elsewhere.
Cosimo de’ Medici, the older brother, established the family’s political base. He served on the Florentine board of war, called the Dieci (The Ten), and held other posts. His two sons were Piero (1416–69) and Giovanni (1424–63). The latter died before his father, who in death received the title “Father of His Country.”
Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici (27 September 1389 – 1 August 1464) was an Italian banker and politician who established the Medici family as effective rulers of Florence during much of the Italian Renaissance.
Genealogy for Cosimo de'Medici, the Elder (1389 - 1464) family tree on Geni, with over 265 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
Cosimo de’ Medici. Giovanni died in 1429 and his son, Cosimo de’ Medici, inherited the family business. Cosimo understood immediately that the only way to protect the fortune they had gathered was to acquire an even larger political influence in Florence.
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Cosimo de’ Medici (born Sept. 27, 1389, Florence—died Aug. 1, 1464, Careggi, near Florence) was the founder of one of the main lines of the Medici family that ruled Florence from 1434 to 1537.
Cosimo de’ Medici was the founder of one of the main lines of the Medici family that ruled Florence from 1434 to 1537. The son of Giovanni di Bicci (1360–1429), Cosimo was initiated into affairs of high finance in the corridors of the Council of Constance, where he represented the Medici bank.