The House of Medici (English: / ˈmɛdɪtʃi / MED-itch-ee, UK also / məˈdiːtʃi / 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 family originated in the Mugello region of ...
Medici family, Italian bourgeois family that ruled Florence and, later, Tuscany during most of the period from 1434 to 1737, except for two brief intervals. It provided the Roman Catholic Church with four popes (Leo X, Clement VII, Pius IV, and Leon XI) and married into the royal families of Europe.
The Medici family, also known as the House of Medici, was a banking and political dynasty during the Renaissance period. By the first half of the 15th century, the family had risen to become the most important house in Florence and Tuscany – a position they would hold for three centuries. The founding of the Medici dynasty The Medici family originated in the agricultural Mugello region of ...
The Medici family was a powerful dynasty that ruled Florence, Italy, and soon spread their artistic and economic infl...
The Medici family, also known as the House of Medici, was a banking and political dynasty during the Renaissance period. By the first half of the...
Discover the rise of the Medici and how they turned credit into culture, stitched church politics to power, and changed Europe’s art market.
Find history and anecdotes about the Medici family, Grand Dukes of Tuscany and lords of Florence, Italy during the Middle Age and the Renaissance.