The Medici family of Florence can be traced back to the end of the 12th century. It was part of the patrician class, not the nobility, and through much of its history the family was seen as the friends of the common people.
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The House of Medici (IPA: [ˈmɛ.di.tʃi]) was a political dynasty, banking family and later royal house who first began to gather prominence under Cosimo de' ...
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The origins of the House of the Medici family are to be found buried in the depths of the Tuscan countryside, in other words, in the Mugello, where the castle-villa of Cafaggiolo can be identified as their "cradle".
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The Medici were possibly the richest family in Italy. In the 13th Century the family began to gain wealth. At the end of the thirteenth century, the family's wealth increased when one of the members of the family served as gonfalero (bearer of a high ceremonial office).
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House of Medici - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The House of Medici ( ) was a political dynasty, banking family and later ducal house who first began to gather prominence under Cosimo de' Medici in the Republic of Florence during the l...
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Lorenzo di Medici; 1449 - 1492; Italian Statesman ... Medici was the name of a great ruling family of Florence. Lorenzo, the Magnificent, was the most famous Medici. ... Lorenzo was the son of Pietro I Medici and grandson of Cosimo de' Medici. He succeeded as head of the family upon the death of his father in 1469, and was an...
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Born 1389, died 1 August, 1464, the founder of their power and so-called "Padre della Patria", was the son of Giovanni di Averardo de' Medici, the richest banker in Italy. He obtained the virtual lordship of Florence in 1434 by the overthrow and expulsion of the leaders of the oligarchical faction of the Albizzi.
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The world beyond the Medici court ... As many friends and patrons of the Medici Archive Project already know, the Mediceo del Principato archival corpus is composed mostly of correspondence directed to and originating from the grand dukes and duchesses, princes and princesses, secretaries and ministers,
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