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Medici, Don Giovanni de’, illegitimate son of Cosimo 1, 324

Medici, Eleonora de’, daughter of Don Garzia of Toledo (1556–76), 277

Medici, Eleonora de’, née Eleonora Toledo (1522–62), 264, 268–9, 271, 272, 328

Medici, Eleonora de’, née Gonzaga, 304

Medici, Ferdinando di Cosimo de’, Cardinal, later Ferdinando I, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549–1609), Grand Duke, 279–80; his lavish expenditure, 280; wedding celebrations for, 280–1; and Ponte Vecchio, 312; his arms, 313; and Santa Trinità, 328; and Bianca Capello, 329; and Villa Medici, Rome, 330; erects monuments in Piazza Santa Trinità, 331

Medici, Ferdinando di Cosimo de, later Ferdinando II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1610–70), and Galileo, 282, 317; his appearance, 283; his temperament, 283, 285; and Del Cimento , 284; his interest in mosaic, 285; and his brother Gian Carlo, 286; and his son Cosimo, 287, 288; and Marguerite-Louise, 290, 291; death of, 293; and the Grand Ducal Library, 332

Medici, Ferdinando di Cosimo de’. Grand Prince (1663–1713), 290, 300–1, 304, 320

Medici, Filigno di Conte de’, 31

Medici, Filippo di Francesco de’, 275

Medici, Francesco di Cosimo de’. Grand Duke of Tuscany (1541–87), 269; his nature and appearance, 275; and his mistress, 275, 276; his second marriage, 276; and his brother Pietro, 277; his interests, 278; and Palazzo della Signoria, 312

Medici, Francesco Maria di Ferdinando de’. Cardinal (1660–1710), 299–300, 304

Medici, Garcia di Cosimo de’ (1547–62), 269, 272

Medici, Gian Carlo di Cosimo de’, Cardinal (1611–63), 286, 332

Medici, Gian Gastone di Cosimo de’, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1671–1737), birth of, 293; his marriage, 302–3; his unhappiness, 303; returns to Florence, 304–5; Grand Duke, 307; his disreputable behaviour, 308–9; death of, 309, 310

Medici, Ginevra de’, née degli Albizzi, 96

Medici, Ginevra de’, née Cavalcanti, 43

Medici, Giovanni di Bicci de’ (1360–1429), his personality, 31–2, 40; his appearance, 31; in public life, 32; his business, 33, 34, 35; and John XXIII, 34, 36; and Martin V, 36; and his son Cosimo, 38, 44; advice to his sons, 40–1; a generous patron, 69, 71; and the Baptistery bronze doors, 70; his cornelian cameo, 70; his funeral, 98; his tomb, 317; his sarcophagus, 319

Medici, Giovanni di Cosimo de’ (1421–63), 39, 101; and Villa Belcanto, 77–8; and his father, 95; character and appearance, 95; public servant, 95; his slave-girl, 95–6; death of, 96; his tomb, 112, 321; and Botticelli’s Adoration of the Magi , 320

Medici, Giovanni di Cosimo de’ (1543–62), 269

Medici, Giovanni di Giovanni de’, called Giovanni delle Bande Nere (1498–1526), 242, 257, 261–2, 263

Medici, Giovanni di Lorenzo de’, later Pope Leo X, q.v . (1475–1521), his education, 145; and his father, 147; and his brother, 187; flees from Florençe, 187; his early preferment, 202–3; his appearance, 203; his nature, 203, 217; advice from his father, 204–5; travels abroad, 205; his pleasures, 206; Julius II impressed by, 208; military matters, 209–10, 212, 214; returns to Florence, 215–16; ill, 216; Pope, 217

Medici, Giovanni di Pierfrancesco de’. 115, 178, 185, 187

Medici, Giuliano di Lorenzo de’. Duke of Nemours (1478–1516), his personality, 206, 216, 219; enters Florence, 215; Gonfaloniere of the Church, 219; his marriage, 219; created Duke, 222; his death, 223; his bastard, 236; his tomb, 240, 326

Medici, Giuliano di Piero de’ (1453–78), 102; Botticelli and, 109, 320, 322; Gozzoli and, III; and Clarice Orsini, 117; delights in festivities, 120–1; his giostra , 121–2; and the Pazzi Conspiracy, 133–7; assassinated, 138; his illegitimate son, 144; his tomb, 240, 326; and Gozzoli’s fresco, 321

Medici, Giulio de’, illegitimate son of Alessandro de’ Medici, 257, 266

Medici, Giulio de’, illegitimate son of Giuliano di Piero; later Pope Clement VII, q.v . (1478–1534), 237; his birth, 144; flees to Venice, 187; and his cousin Giovanni di Lorenzo, 205, 206; and Albizzi, 212; and Francis I, 220, 222; Leo X and, 232–3; Guicciardini on, 233; and election of Adrian VI, 238; his mode of living, 239; Pope, 239

Medici, Guccio de’, 30, 90

Medici, Ippolito de’, illegitimate son of Giuliano di Lorenzo, 239, 262; his birth, 223, 236; his unpopularity, 248; created cardinal, 252; and Alessandro, 252–3, 254; death of, 254

Medici, Isabella di Cosimo de’, see Orsini, Isabella

Medici, Joanna de’. Grand Duchess of Tuscany, formerly Archduchess of Austria, 275, 276, 312

Medici, Leopoldo di Cosimo de’, Cardinal (1617–75), 284–5, 328, 332

Medici, Lorenzaccio di Pierfrancesco de’, also called Lorenzino(1514–47), 255–6, 265

Medici, Lorenzo de’, illegitimate son of Cosimo 1, 266

Medici, Lorenzo di Giovanni de’ (1395–1440), 32, 43; and the Albizzi anti-Medicean plot, 52; returns to Florence, 58; and the Council of Florence, 66; Gozzoli and, 111; and Villa of Careggi, 316

Medici, Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’, 178, 185, 187, 323

Medici, Lorenzo di Piero de’, called Lorenzo the Magnificent (1449–92), 102, 212, 257, 274; his appearance, 103, 113; his education, 103; on diplomatic missions, 103; and the anti-Medici plot, 105–6; Botticelli and, 109; Gozzoli and, III; his happy temperament, 113; his enjoyment of life, 114, 118; his versatility, 114; his marriage, 114, 115; his wedding celebrations, 116–18; his delight in festivities, 120–1, 216; patron of artists, writers and scholars, 122, 164–8, 170, 322, 323; Poliziano on, 122, 174; and public office, 123, 125; respect for, 124; and Volterra, 125–7; the banker, 129, 158–9; and Sixtus IV, 129–30, 148, 150, 159; and the Pazzi Conspiracy, 131–8, 140; wax effigies of, 142–3, 315; and his children, 144, 162; and his wife, 145–7; relationships with women, 146–7; the Signoria on, 149; and the defence of Florence, 150–1; his mission to Naples, 152–5; his generosity, 155; his authority and influence, 156–7, 160, 162; and Innocent VIII, 161–2, 202–3; his prestige, 162–3; connoisseur of architecture, 168; collector, 169; poet, 170–2; dying, 172–4; death of, 174; and Savonarola, 181, 182; and his son Giovanni, 202–5; his tomb, 240, 326; Verrocchio’s fountain, 275; and Poggio a Caiano, 314; and Botticelli’s Adoration of the Magi , 320; Filippo Strozzi and, 323–4

Medici, Lorenzo di Piero de’. Duke of Urbino (1492–1519), 202, 212; and the election of Leo X, 217; the Pope’s representative in Florence, 219; and Francis L 220; his new title, 220; takes Urbino and assumes title, 224; Leo X and, 232; marriage and death of, 235; his unpopularity, 236; his bastard, 236; his tomb, 240, 326

Medici, Lucrezia de’, née Tornabuoni, 123; poet, 102, 170; wife and mother, 102; and Botticelli, 109; on Clarice Orsini, 114–15; at Lorenzo’s wedding banquet, 117; and Lorenzo, 123; Poliziano confides in, 145; and Bagno a Morba, 172; portrayed by Ghirlandaio, 319

Medici, Lucrezia di Cosimo de, see Ferrara, Lucrezia d’Este, Duchess of

Medici, Lucrezia di Lorenzo de’, see Salviati, Lucrezia

Medici, Lucrezia di Piero de’, see Rucellai, Lucrezia

Medici, Luigia di Lorenzo de’, 115

Medici, Maddalena di Lorenzo de’, see Cibò, Maddalena

Medici, Margaret de’, later Margaret of Parma, 251, 255, 264

Medici, Marguerite-Louise de’. Grand Duchess of Tuscany, née Marguerite-Louise of Orleans (1645–1721), her reluctance to marry, 288; and Ferdinand in, 288–9; and the crown jewels, 289; bored and unhappy, 289–91; pregnancy and illness, 290, 291, 293; her indiscreet behaviour, 290,294,296; and her mother-in-law, 293; asks for a separation, 294; retires to a French convent, 295–6