Cosimo II de' Medici (12 May 1590 - 28 February 1621) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1609 until his death. He was the elder son of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Christina of Lorraine . For the majority of his twelve-year reign, he delegated the administration of Tuscany to his ministers. Cosimo II, (born May 12, 1590—died Feb. 28, 1621), fourth grand duke of Tuscany (1609-20), who closed down the Medici family's practice of banking and commerce, which it had pursued for four centuries.
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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. His power derived from his wealth as a banker, and inter-marriage with other powerful and rich families. [1] Cosimo de' Medici, (born Sept. 27, 1389, Florence—died Aug. 1, 1464, Careggi, near Florence), founder of one of the main lines of the Medici family that ruled Florence from 1434 to 1537. About Cosimo II de'Medici, grand duke of Tuscany http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosimo_II_de%27_Medici,_Grand_Duke_of_. Cosimo II de Medici, Granduca di Toscana 1 M, #112056, b. 1590, d. 1621 Cosimo II de' Medici (12 May 1590 - 28 February 1621) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1609 until 1621. He was the elder son of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Christine of Lorraine.He married Maria Magdalena of Austria and had eight children. Galileo Galilei was his childhood tutor.. For the most of his eleven-year reign, he delegated the administration of Tuscany to his.
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Beginning in 1434 with the rise to power of Cosimo de Medici (or Cosimo the Elder), the family's patronage of the arts and humanities made Florence into the cradle of the Renaissance,. Medici family - Grand Dukes, Tuscany, Renaissance: Alessandro's death did not terminate the Medici family's power in Florence. A younger branch of the family, descendants of the Lorenzo who had been the brother of Cosimo the Elder, now came forward. Cosimo de' Medici (1519-74), great-great-grandson of Lorenzo, became duke of Florence, then grand duke of Tuscany (1569), and reigned as. The last Grand Duke of the Medici family is remembered as a sensitive collector of gems and bronze statues but also, as in the case of Cosimo II, it is the promotion of a popular work on the museum collection to offer a place in the "compendious history" skilfully outlined by Lanzi, i.e., the Museum Florentinum by Anton Francesco Gori (1691-1757), a work in six volumes published between. 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.
'Portrait of Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo II de' Medici', 17th century. Artist Justus
Cosimo I de' Medici In 1537 the young Cosimo de' Medici (1519-1574) was plucked from relative obscurity in the Tuscan countryside to lead Florence after the assassination of his cousin Duke Alessandro de' Medici (1511?-1537). 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 (from 1494 to 1512 and from 1527 to 1530).
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. Life Rise to power Cosimo de' Medici (later known as Cosimo the Elder) was, according to Pope Pius II, "king in all but name" of Florence. This was not entirely a compliment: like Pius's home city of Siena (a Tuscan rival), Florence was a republic; it should not have had a king. Cosimo was a banker, not a prince, though even Pius had to concede that Cosimo.
Museo Galileo Enlarged image Cosimo II de' Medici
Born on this day in Florence in 1590, Cosimo II de' Medici, who was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1609 until his premature death in 1621, was largely a figurehead ruler during his 12-year reign, delegating administrative powers to his ministers. His health was never good and he died from tuberculosis aged only 30 yet made his mark by maintaining. Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1590-1621) was the son of Ferdinando I de' Medici. His comparatively brief reign was a period of peace and prosperity for Tuscany, thanks largely to the political and economic policies adopted by his father and to the guidance of his mother, Christine of Lorraine.
