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Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici (27 September 1389 – 1 August 1464) was an Italian banker and politician who established the Medici family as effective rulers of Florence during much of the Italian Renaissance.
Jun 27, 2024 · Cosimo de’ Medici was the founder of one of the main lines of the Medici family that ruled Florence from 1434 to 1537. The son of Giovanni di Bicci (1360–1429), Cosimo was initiated into affairs of high finance in the corridors of the Council of Constance, where he represented the Medici bank.
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- Cosimo de’ Medici is known for being the founder of one of the main lines of the Medici family that ruled Florence from 1434 to 1537. He was a patr...
- Cosimo de’ Medici was the son of Piccarda Bueri de’ Medici and Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici. His father, considered the first of the great Medici,...
- Cosimo de’ Medici is buried in a tomb in the church of San Lorenzo in Florence, Italy.
Cosimo de’ Medici (April 10, 1389–August 1, 1464) was a banker and politician in early Renaissance-era Florence. Although his power was unofficial, deriving mostly from his immense wealth, he was highly influential as the founder of the powerful Medici dynasty.
May 21, 2018 · The Italian merchant prince Cosimo de' Medici (1389-1464) was the unofficial and benevolent despot of Florence, contributing much to making it the intellectual and cultural jewel of 15th-century Europe. The dynasty he founded ruled Florence until 1494.
Nov 9, 2009 · Giovanni’s elder son, Cosimo de Medici (1389-1464), rose to political power in 1434 and ruled Florence as an uncrowned monarch for the rest of his life.
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Cosimo I de' Medici (12 June 1519 – 21 April 1574) was the second duke of Florence from 1537 until 1569, when he became the first grand duke of Tuscany, a title he held until his death.
Cosimo de’ Medici, known as Cosimo the Elder, (born Sept. 27, 1389, Florence—died Aug. 1, 1464, Careggi, near Florence), Founder of one of the main lines of the Medici family. The son of the Florentine banker Giovanni di Bicci de’Medici (1360–1429), Cosimo represented the Medici bank and handled papal finances, becoming the wealthiest ...
