Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Lorenzo's grandfather, Cosimo de' Medici, was the first member of the Medici family to lead the Republic of Florence and run the Medici Bank simultaneously. As one of the wealthiest men in Europe, the elder Cosimo spent a very large portion of his fortune on government and philanthropy, for example as a patron of the arts and financier of public works. [7]
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.
Medici family tree (Grand Dukes of Tuscany) Lodovico de' Medici (1498–1526) Maria Salviati (1499–1543) Eleanor of Toledo (1522–1562) Cosimo I (1519–1574)
Catherine de' Medici (Italian: Caterina de' Medici, pronounced [kateˈriːna de ˈmɛːditʃi]; French: Catherine de Médicis, pronounced [katʁin də medisis]; 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was an Italian [a] noblewoman born into the Medici family.
Giovanni de' Medici (cardinal) Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici; Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici; Don Giovanni de' Medici; Giovanni il Popolano; Giuliano de' Medici di Ottajano; Giuliano de' Medici; Giulio de' Medici (died 1600) Giuseppe de' Medici, 2nd Prince of Ottajano; Giuseppe de' Medici, 8th Prince of Ottajano; Giuseppe de' Medici, 10th Prince ...
Cosimo's family, the Medici dynasty, had been ruling the Florentine Republic, the predecessor of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, since 1434, first as Lords of Florence and later as Dukes. [2] The title of Grand Duke, was in fact the second title of recognition within the Tuscan politics given by a Pope to the Medici family, the first being that of ...
The Bardi family had been exceptionally rich for some time but following the collapse of the family bank in 1343, its importance was considerably reduced. They enjoyed some fame as suzerains and condottieri. The Medici called on them in this guise, on certain occasions, for armed support of the Medici's political hegemony.