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Contessina de' Bardi (1390–October 1473 [1]), was an Italian noblewoman from the House of Bardi. Her marriage into the House of Medici provided her husband's family with much needed nobility, prestige, and military support as they established their power in Florence .
The House of Bardi was an influential Florentine family that started the powerful banking company Compagnia dei Bardi.In the 14th century the Bardis lent Edward III of England 900,000 gold florins, a debt which he failed to repay along with 600,000 florins borrowed from the Peruzzi family, leading to the collapse of both families' banks.
Lodovico de' Medici (1498–1526) Maria Salviati (1499–1543) Eleanor of Toledo (1522–1562) Cosimo I (1519–1574) Grand Duke 1569–74: Camilla Martelli
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.
Oldenborg dynasty family tree (in Czech), shows relationships between branches of Oldenburg dynasty, i.e. the Kings of Denmark, the Czars of Russia, Kings of Sweden, the Kings of Greece, the Kings of Norway. Dukes of Holstein=Gottrop (Oldenburg) Canute the Great's family tree; Kings of Norway family tree. Modern Norwegian Royal Family; Kings of ...
The coat of arms of the Bardi family. Bardi is an Italian surname. In the late Middle Ages, there were two noble families with this name. One, the Bardi family, was in Florence. A family that grew to have many branches, their name had originated as a patronymic derived from the name Berardo. The other family originated in Lombardy, and took the ...
Contessina de' Bardi: Alessandro de' Bardi 1390 1416 6 October 1434 husband's accession: October 1473 Cosimo de' Medici: Lucrezia Tornabuoni: Francesco Tornabuoni: 1425 3 June 1444 1 August 1464 husband's accession: 25 March 1482 Pietro de' Medici: Clarice Orsini: Giacomo Orsini 1453 7 February 1469 2 December 1469 husband's accession: 29 July 1487
Giovanni was the son of Cosimo de' Medici the Elder and Contessina de' Bardi, and brother to Piero the Gouty. [2] Unlike the latter, Giovanni enjoyed good health and was seen by Cosimo as his probable successor. From 1438 he directed the branch of the family bank in Ferrara. He received also a humanistic education, showing a major interest in ...