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  1. The Medici family came from the agricultural Mugello region north of Florence, and they are first mentioned in a document of 1230. The origin of the name is uncertain. Medici is the plural of medico, meaning "medical doctor". The dynasty began with the founding of the Medici Bank in Florence in 1397. Rise to power

  2. A political, family drama set in Florence in the early 15th century. Cosimo de' Medici finds himself at the helm of his supremely wealthy, banking dynasty family, when his father, Giovanni dies suddenly. However Cosimo is concealing a dangerous secret - Giovanni was murdered.

  3. Jun 20, 2024 · 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.

  4. Nov 9, 2009 · The Medici family, also known as the House of Medici, first attained wealth and political power in Florence, Italy, in the 13th century through its success in commerce and banking.

  5. In 15th-century Renaissance Florence, the visionary Medici dynasty flexes its power in politics and the arts, risking its rivals' lethal opposition. Watch trailers & learn more.

  6. The family, noted for its often tyrannical rulers and its beneficent patrons of the arts, also provided the church with four popes ( Leo X, Clement VII, Pius IV, and Leo XI) and married into the royal families of Europe, notably in France ( Catherine de Médicis and Marie de Médicis).

  7. Aug 19, 2021 · Thanks to their power in the church – Medici popes ruled for almost 20 years – they succeeded in establishing themselves as dukes of their home city. The first duke's half-sister became the queen of France, one of two Medici women to hold that title. It was a stellar – if sometimes brutal – rise.

  8. Jan 30, 2023 · 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.

  9. Lorenzo deMedici (born January 1, 1449, Florence [Italy]—died April 9, 1492, Careggi, near Florence) was a Florentine statesman, ruler, and patron of arts and letters, the most brilliant of the Medici.

  10. Some of the greatest portraits of Western art were painted in Florence during the tumultuous years from 1512 to 1570, when the city was transformed from a republic with elected officials into a duchy ruled by the Medici family.

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