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Giuliano de' Medici (28 October 1453 – 26 April 1478) [1] was the second son of Piero de' Medici (the Gouty) and Lucrezia Tornabuoni. As co-ruler of Florence , with his brother Lorenzo the Magnificent , he complemented his brother's image as the "patron of the arts" with his own image as the handsome, sporting "golden boy".
The Pazzi conspiracy (Italian: Congiura dei Pazzi) was a failed plot by members of the Pazzi family and others to displace the Medici family as rulers of Renaissance Florence. On 26 April 1478 there was an attempt to assassinate Lorenzo de' Medici and his brother Giuliano. Lorenzo was wounded but survived; Giuliano was killed.
Hanging of Bernardo Baroncelli, Leonardo da Vinci, 1479.Pazzi Conspirator. Giulio de' Medici's life began under tragic circumstances. On 26 April 1478—exactly one month before his birth—his father, Giuliano de Medici (brother of Lorenzo the Magnificent) was murdered in the Florence Cathedral by enemies of his family, in what is now known as the "Pazzi conspiracy". [17]
Giuliano's tomb in the Medici Chapel [2] of the Church of San Lorenzo, Florence, is ornamented with the Night and Day of Michelangelo, along with a statue of Giuliano by Michelangelo. He shares an identical common name ( Giuliano de' Medici ) with his uncle Giuliano di Piero de' Medici , whose tomb is also in the Medici Chapel and who is famous ...
Both characters are killed by the protagonist Ezio Auditore, who saved Lorenzo de' Medici during the assassination attempt. Elliot Levey portrayed Francesco de' Pazzi in TV series Da Vinci's Demons. [10] Francesco is referenced in the film Hannibal, when Hannibal Lecter meets a modern-day descendant of the Pazzi family, Chief Inspector Rinaldo ...
Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici (1479–1516) [36] was created Duke of Nemours in 1515 by Francis I of France; Lorenzo adopted his nephew Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici (1478–1534), the illegitimate son of his slain brother Giuliano. In 1523, after serving four years as ruler of Florence, Giulio ascended to the papacy as Pope Clement VII. [39]
Pope Clement VII (May 26, 1478 – September 25, 1534), born Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici, was a cardinal from 1513 to 1523 and was pope from 1523 to 1534. [4] He was a first cousin of Leo X. Pope Pius IV (31 March 1499 – December 9, 1565), born Giovanni Angelo Medici, was pope from 1559 to 1565. However, he was only distantly related to the ...
Clement VII, also known as Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici, was the nephew of Lorenzo and the son of Giuliano de' Medici, who was assassinated in the Pazzi conspiracy in 1478. As with Leo X, Michelangelo was educated alongside Clement VII and for many years, the two communicated in great detail both via letter and in person. [13]