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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.
The last Condottiero [16] of free company and father of Cosimo I first Grand Duke of Tuscany: Alessandro The Moor *1510 †1537: Last descendant of the House of Medici's main branch to rule Florence Last Lord and first Duke of Florence: Catherine de' Medici *1519 †1589: Queen consort of France between 1547 and 1559 Cosimo I *1519 †1574 ...
The Medici were a powerful and influential Florentine family from the 13th to 17th century. 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.
Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (11 August 1667 – 18 February 1743) was an Italian noblewoman who was the last lineal descendant of the main branch of the House of Medici.A patron of the arts, she bequeathed the Medicis' large art collection, including the contents of the Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti and the Medici villas, which she inherited upon her brother Gian Gastone's death in 1737, and her ...
Amongst the Medici is a radio documentary series by historian Bettany Hughes.The series aired in three parts on BBC Radio 4 between February–March 2006.. The series was billed as "a three part re-evaluation of one of the most creative and complicated partnerships in the western world" and examined the history of the Medici family during the Italian Renaissance, between 1397 (the founding of ...
Following on “Medici: Masters of Florence,” with Dustin Hoffman and Richard Madden, and “Leonardo,” starring Aidan Turner, Italy’s Lux Vide is teaming with ex-Hasbro chief content ...
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He instructed the men to do what they deemed necessary to achieve this aim, and said that he would give them whatever support he could. [ 1 ] : 254 An encrypted letter in the archives of the Ubaldini family, discovered and decoded in 2004, shows that Federico da Montefeltro was deeply embroiled in the conspiracy and had committed to position ...