Family Trees
Interesting Facts
- Although the names were later changed, Galileo originally named four of the moons of Jupiter he discovered after children of the Medici family
- The Medici Family had four popes in total: Pope Leo X, Pope Clement VII, Pope Pius IV, and Pope Leo XI
- The Medici Family is sometimes called the Godfathers of the Renaissance
- In 1478 Giuliano Medici was killed by the Pazzi family in front of 10,000 people at an Easter church service
- Ferdinando de Medici helped to fund the invention of the piano
Important members
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Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici (1316-1429)
- Giovanni was the founder of the Medici Bank which made the family wealthy
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Cosimo de' Medici (1389-1464)
- Giovanni's son
- began the Medici dynasty as the first Medici to become leader in the city of Florence
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Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-1492)
- Giovanni's great grandson
- also known as Lorenzo the Magnificent, ruled Florence through much of the peak of the Italian Renaissance
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Pope Leo X (1475 - 1521)
- The first of four Medicis' to become Pope
- Was head of the Catholic church
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Catherine de Medici (1529 - 1589)
- married King Henry II of France and became queen of France in 1547
- later served as regent for her son King Charles IX
- played a major role in the reign of her third son Henry III
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Marie de Medici (1575 - 1642)
- became Queen of France when she married King Henry IV of France
- also acted as regent for her young son Louis XIII of France before he became king