The Medici Family

providing patronage for renaissance artists

Catherine De Medici was born in Florence, Italy

Lorenzo De Medici was important in the Italian Renaissance because he and he's family was the most 'powerful patrons' of the Renaissance.

She was very unloved by the French because she was Austrian by birth, sometimes considered a spy and a traitor, seriously misunderstood, considered wrongfully to be a spendthrift, constantly trying to please and meeting opposition at every turn. She was a fine lady, a good Queen a tragic figure. She also never said "Let them eat cake" when talking about the peasants not being able to have bread.

the medici family became so powerful because of there banking

she was a kind loving queen of France

I hate that stupid question

Arte della Seta

Built the largest unsupported dome in the world (at the time) with the help of the architect Brunelleschi.

Was the official bank of the Pope, John the 14th I believe, check that.

Was a patron to many artists, including sculptor Donatello.

That's all I got.

Technically he was the "ruler" in all aspects but the title or name of "ruler".

He was the richest man in his day. He financed the Pope!

Cosimo II de' Medici died on February 28, 1621 at the age of 30.

Yes! They did. They invented banks and the modern society of finance.

If you are asking about the origin of the Medici Family, they are not from Sicily. During the Renaissance, the Medici bank had skyrocketed. Sicily unfortunately wasn't as wealthy as Florence, Italy (Medici is based in Florence.)

Yes, they are known as "The Kings of Sicily" but rather less, if you had 100 florins in your pocket at the time, you were richer than more than a kilometer of Sicily.

Heinrich Isaac

The Medici Family made a fortune as wool and silk merchants and bankers. They built alliances with other wealthy families, acquired important positions in the Church, and married into Europe's royal families. By 1434, Cosimo de Medici was powerful enough to take over Florence. The Medici Family sponsord artists like Michelangelo, Botticelli, Leonardo da vinci and so many more.

There are three Lorenzo de Medici in the family tree, i take it that you are referring to the Lorenzo the Magnificent, his wife was Clarice de Orsini

The cast of Das Gift der Medici - 1918 includes: Olga Engl Maria Fein Frydel Fredy Werner Krauss

Lorenzo de' Medici was born on January 1, 1449 and died on April 9, 1492. Lorenzo de' Medici would have been 43 years old at the time of death or 566 years old today.

Catherine de' Medici's occupation was royalty. In other words queen.

it means the magnificant and he probably thought he was well magnificant

The Medicis used their great wealth to support artists who created works that focused less on God and more on the achievements of individual people.

cosimo de' Medici got his power from his father Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici who had already set up the Medici name to be one well known all around the world. Giovanni befriended Baldassare Cossa who ended up becoming pope and Giovanni became papal banker. By the time Giovanni passed, Cosimo stepped up and took his spot, adding to the branches of Rome, Florence and Venice of the Medici bank which were established by his father to Pisa, Avignon, Geneva, Ancona, London, Bruges and Basel. His money set him up well and then after he was exiled after having been seen to have prolonged the war with Lucca he covertly adjusted the government to suit his needs and put Pro Medici people in the government areas, he was still trying to keep the Republican front on Florence.

To make himself more powerful from here he uses the following techniques:

- he hijacks the accoppitori (the ones who pick the names of who will be in government positions out of bags) by controlling the list of whos names go up for voting. Cosimo picks whos names are shortlisted for the bags

- he cripples his enemies through things like taxes (catasto), exile and getting rivals tried for treason to the state - like the Albizzi

- he uses the exisiting process of parlemento (a mass meeting of the people to vote on to get a balia (group to fix a certain issue)) the parlemento is out in the square where you are surronded by troops, often milanese and you vote by hand - people are pressured into voting yes - cosimo extends the usually short term limited powers of the balie to ones that are longer and more powerful than ever and filled with many medici supporters

- he stacks the ten of guard with medici supporters and gives them more police power where they bypass the capitano - the ten of guard yet again usually have finite short powers.

- cosimo eventually gets rid of pulling names by lot and changes this to a mano - where he picks who he wants in the positions by hand

- in the decision making councils (council of the commune, council of the popolo) he changes how they vote, from secret ballot to hand in the air, this creates a lot of pressure for members to vote towards the Medici

- he uses the pre-existing technique of amici, vicini, parenti (friends, neighbours, family) to create networks and supporters - he does favours, lends money, provides dowrys,

- he also is so powerful because on the face he is such a modest man and people like that

- he creates a brand new committee - the cento - who sit in the political hierarchy below the goodmen and standard bearers of justice but above the council of the commune and the popolo - he gives the cento (council of one hundred) extraordinary powers to pass legislation and he picks who goes in there - yet again, they are pro-medici and selected via priors who are also most likely pro-medici

- he also avoids conflict by putting his enemies or rivals on house arrest particularly at a time when something important is being voted for

- he may seem like a tyrant but his wealth brought prosperity and somewhat peace to Florence eg peace of lodi which he was instrumental in - people want to believe his modest image

- he was very cultural - not overtly but covertly - he commissioned through the guilds, brunelleschi's dome could not have been done without cosimo and his money - florence flourished

wealthy patrons of the arts (apex)

She was born in Florence in Italy and spent some of her childhood hidden in a convent. As the wife of a royal prince and later as the Queen of France, she and her suite were often going from one place to another. The châteaux that she lived in include Chaumont sur Loire, Blois, Amboise and Chenonceau.