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Lodovico de' Medici (1498–1526) Maria Salviati (1499–1543) Eleanor of Toledo (1522–1562) Cosimo I (1519–1574) Grand Duke 1569–74: Camilla Martelli
Medici: Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici: 1743 Gian Gastone de' Medici's was the last of the Medici to reign as Grand Duke of Tuscany. With his death in 1737, his sister, Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, became the last lineal descendant of the main branch of the House of Medici. With her death at age 75 on 8 February 1743, the main Medici line came to ...
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.
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 ...
A descendant of the famed Medici Italian banking family has opened a cryptocurrency-friendly bank in Puerto Rico. There’s a New Medici Bank After 500 Years, And This Time It’s Crypto-Friendly ...
The Medici Archive Project (MAP) is a research institute whose mission is to disseminate, publish, and teach archival studies, paleography and the cultural legacy of the Medici Grand Dukes. It is based in Florence , Italy and is directed by Alessio Assonitis.
The Family Medici: The Hidden History of the Medici Dynasty (2018) [2] The Medici (2017) Conclave: 1559 (2013) The Borgias: History's Most Notorious Dynasty (2011) ISBN 0857389165; Art in World History (2008) The Cardinal’s Hat: Money, Ambition and Housekeeping in a Renaissance Court (2004) [3] Hollingsworth, Mary (2 May 2006). 2006 e-book ...
One of the early family members to gain power was Rudolf I who served as the German king in 1273. Frederick IV was also a Habsburg king of Germany and was crowned Holy Roman emperor in 1452, per ...