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House of Medici

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  • Also called Medici family, Medici
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The house, member by member

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Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany 1519 CE – 1574 CE

10 children in the house

  1. Princess Maria de' Medici of Tuscany 1540 CE – 1557 CE
  2. Francesco I de' Medici 1541 CE – 1587 CE
  3. Isabella de' Medici 1542 CE – 1576 CE
  4. Giovanni de' Medici 1543 CE – 1562 CE
  5. Lucrezia de' Medici 1545 CE – 1561 CE
  6. Garzia de' Medici 1547 CE – 1562 CE
  7. Ferdinando I de' Medici 1549 CE – 1609 CE 5 children in the house
  8. Pietro de' Medici 1554 CE – 1604 CE
  9. Don Giovanni de' Medici 1567 CE – 1621 CE
  10. Virginia de' Medici 1568 CE – 1615 CE
One family in House of Medici: members whose records name this parent, oldest first. A parent from another house is on the child’s own page. Open the family tree

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Offices held in the house

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Cardinal

  • 9 holders
  • 15 overlapping pairs
  • 2 undated
  1. 1513 CE – 1523 CE Clement VII pope of the Catholic Church from 1523 to 1534 (1478–1534)
  2. from 10 January 1529 CE Ippolito de' Medici Catholic cardinal
  3. from 8 April 1549 CE Pius IV pope of the Catholic Church from 1559 to 1565
  4. from 31 January 1560 CE Giovanni de' Medici Italian cardinal (1543-1562)
  5. from 2 December 1615 CE Carlo de' Medici Catholic cardinal
  6. from 14 November 1644 CE Gian Carlo de' Medici Catholic cardinal; (1611-1663)
  7. from 12 December 1667 CE Leopoldo de' Medici Italian cardinal, scholar, patron of the arts and Governor of Siena (1617-1675)

No dates recorded 2

Every recorded holder

Pope

  • 4 holders
  • 3 gaps
  1. 217th 19 March 1513 CE – 1 December 1521 CE Leo X pope from 1513 to 1521 (1475-1521)

  2. Gap about 2 years before the next in this house

    219th 29 November 1523 CE – 25 September 1534 CE Clement VII pope of the Catholic Church from 1523 to 1534 (1478–1534)

  3. Gap about 26 years before the next in this house

    224th 4 January 1560 CE – 9 December 1565 CE Pius IV pope of the Catholic Church from 1559 to 1565

  4. Gap about 40 years before the next in this house

    232nd 1 April 1605 CE – 27 April 1605 CE Leo XI pope of the Catholic Church in April 1605 (1535-1605)
Every recorded holder

Abbot

  • 3 holders
  • 1 gap
  • 1 undated
  1. 1487 CE – 1495 CE Leo X pope from 1513 to 1521 (1475-1521)

  2. Gap about 21 years before the next in this house

    1516 CE – 1521 CE Clement VII pope of the Catholic Church from 1523 to 1534 (1478–1534)

No dates recorded 1

Every recorded holder

Cardinal-deacon

  • 3 holders
  • 1 undated
  1. 26 March 1489 CE – 9 March 1513 CE Leo X pope from 1513 to 1521 (1475-1521)
  2. 29 September 1513 CE – 26 June 1517 CE Clement VII pope of the Catholic Church from 1523 to 1534 (1478–1534)

No dates recorded 1

Every recorded holder

Affiliation

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Connections

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