House of Medici

The Palazzo Medici, also called the Palazzo Medici Riccardi after the later family that acquired and expanded it, is a Renaissance palace located in Florence, Italy.

The Republic of Florence, also known as the Florentine Republic (Italian: Repubblica Fiorentina), was a medieval and early modern state that was centered on the Italian city of Florence in Tuscany.

Pope Pius IV (31 March 1499 – 9 December 1565), born Giovanni Angelo Medici, was Pope from 25 December 1559 to his death in 1565.

Giancarlo de' Medici (24 July 1611 – 23 January 1663) was an Italian cardinal of the House of Medici.

Pope Leo X (11 December 1475 – 1 December 1521), born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, was Pope from 9 March 1513 to his death in 1521.

Pope Leo XI (2 June 1535 – 27 April 1605), born Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici, was Pope from 1 to 27 April 1605.

Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne (1498 – 28 April 1519) was a younger daughter of Jean III de La Tour (1467– 28 March 1501), Count of Auvergne and Lauraguais, and Jeanne de Bourbon-Vendôme (1465–1511).

Giovanni di Cosimo I de' Medici (29 September 1544 – 20 November 1562), also known as Giovanni de' Medici the Younger, was an Italian cardinal.

Carlo di Cosimo de' Medici (1428 or 1430 – May 29, 1492) was an Italian priest.

Tuscany is named after its pre-Roman inhabitants, the Etruscans.

Lorenzo the Elder (c. 1395 – 23 September 1440) was an Italian banker of the House of Medici of Florence, the younger brother of Cosimo de' Medici the Elder and the founder of the so-called dei Popolani line of the family.

Pope Clement VII (Latin: Clemens VII; 26 May 1478 – 25 September 1534), born Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici, was Pope from 19 November 1523 to his death in 1534.

The Laurentian Library (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana) is a historical library in Florence, Italy, containing a repository of more than 11,000 manuscripts and 4,500 early printed books.

Leopoldo de' Medici (6 November 1617 – 16 November 1675) was an Italian cardinal, scholar, patron of the arts and Governor of Siena.

The Palazzo Pitti (Italian pronunciation: [paˈlattso ˈpitti]), in English sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast, mainly Renaissance, palace in Florence, Italy.

Nannina de' Medici (14 February 1448 – 14 May 1493), born Lucrezia de' Medici, was the second daughter of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici and Lucrezia Tornabuoni.

Piccarda Bueri (1368–1433) was an Italian noblewoman of the Renaissance.

The Age of the Medici, originally released in Italy as L'età di Cosimo de Medici (The Age of Cosimo de Medici), is a 1973 3-part TV series about the Renaissance in Florence, directed by Roberto Rossellini.

Maria Maddalena de' Medici (29 June 1600 – 28 December 1633) was an Tuscan princess, the eighth daughter of Ferdinando I and Christina of Lorraine, making her the sister of Cosimo II.

Contessina de' Bardi was born in about 1400 and died in 1473.

Averardo de' Medici (1320-1363), also known as Everard De Medici, was the son of Chiarissimo de' Medici (died 1346) and the father of three children: Giovanni, Francesco, and Antonia.

Lorenzino de' Medici (March 23, 1514 – February 26, 1548), sometimes called Lorenzaccio de' Medici, was an Italian writer remembered primarily as the assassin of Alessandro de' Medici, duke and ruler of Florence.

Niccolò Ridolfi (1501 – January 31, 1550) was an Italian cardinal.

Bianca de' Medici (10 September 1445–1488) was a member of the de' Medici family, de facto rulers of Florence in the late 15th century.

Alfonsina Orsini (1472–1520) was a Regent of Florence.

Gunner (born Christian de Medici on March 17, 1980) best known mononymously as "Gunner", is an American pornographic actor, filmmaker, designer and model, who first became widely known in 1998 with the launch of his "reality" pornographic website, GunnerWorld.

Anna de' Medici (31 December 1569 – 19 February 1584) was the third child of Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Joanna of Austria.

The Annunciation is a tempera on panel painting by the Italian Renaissance master Filippo Lippi, dating to c.

Pierfrancesco di Lorenzo (II) de' Medici ("the Younger"; 1487–1525) was an Italian banker, a member of the House of Medici.

The Medici Bank (Italian: Banco Medici) was a financial institution created by the Medici family in Italy during the 15th century (1397–1494).

Ottaviano de' Medici (July 11, 1484 – May 28, 1546) was an Italian politician and statesman.

Porzia de' Medici (1538–1565) was an Italian missionary and illegitimate daughter of Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence and an unknown mother.

Seven Saints is a tempera on panel painting by the Italian Renaissance master Filippo Lippi, dating to c.

Giovan Battista Cini (1525 – c. 1586) was an Italian Renaissance playwright at the court of the Medici in Florence.

Il Duca di Firenze, rendered in English as The Duke of Florence, was a title created in 1532 by Pope Clement VII.

Maddalena de' Medici (1473 – 1519) was the daughter of Lorenzo de' Medici and Clarice Orsini.