House of Medici

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banking dynasty noble family political dynasty

The House of Medici was a powerful Italian banking dynasty and political family that dominated Florence’s politics and culture during the Renaissance and produced multiple popes and European rulers.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Medici family 12
Medici 4
de’ Medici 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf banking dynasty ⓘ
noble family ⓘ
political dynasty ⓘ
coatOfArms six balls (palle) on a shield ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Grand Duchy of Tuscany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime 18th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Italian ⓘ
finalRuler Gian Gastone de' Medici ⓘ
hasTitle Duke of Florence ⓘ
Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
King of France consort (through Catherine de' Medici) ⓘ
Queen of France (through Marie de' Medici) ⓘ
influenced European finance ⓘ
Florentine politics ⓘ
Italian Renaissance art ⓘ
locatedIn Florence ⓘ
member Catherine de’ Medici ⓘ
surface form: Catherine de' Medici

Cosimo I de' Medici ⓘ
Cosimo de' Medici ⓘ
Ferdinando I de' Medici ⓘ
Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici ⓘ
surface form: Giovanni de' Medici

Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici ⓘ
Giuliano de' Medici ⓘ
Lorenzo de' Medici ⓘ
Marie de’ Medici ⓘ
surface form: Marie de' Medici

Piero de' Medici ⓘ
surface form: Piero di Cosimo de' Medici

Pope Clement VII ⓘ
Pope Leo X ⓘ
Pope Leo XI ⓘ
Pope Pius IV ⓘ
notableFor banking ⓘ
influence on the Renaissance ⓘ
patronage of the arts ⓘ
political power ⓘ
producing European rulers ⓘ
producing popes ⓘ
patronOf Donatello ⓘ
Galileo Galilei ⓘ
Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ
Michelangelo ⓘ
Sandro Botticelli ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantEvent creation of the Medici Bank ⓘ
establishment of de facto rule over Florence ⓘ
rise to power through banking in the 15th century ⓘ
startTime 13th century ⓘ
successor House of Lorraine in Tuscany ⓘ
timePeriod Renaissance ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clarice Orsini → associatedWith → House of Medici ⓘ
Pico della Mirandola → associatedWith → House of Medici ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medici family
Renaissance papacy → associatedWith → House of Medici ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medici family
Tuscans → associatedWith → House of Medici ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medici family
Medici court in Florence → controlledBy → House of Medici ⓘ
Grand Duke of Tuscany → dynasty → House of Medici ⓘ
Marsilio Ficino → employer → House of Medici ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medici family
Michelangelo → employer → House of Medici ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medici family
Sandro Botticelli → employer → House of Medici ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medici family
Catherine de’ Medici → familyName → House of Medici ⓘ
this entity surface form: de’ Medici
Giovanni Angelo → familyName → House of Medici ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medici
this entity surface form: Medici
Pope Clement VII → familyName → House of Medici ⓘ
this entity surface form: de’ Medici
Pope Pius IV → familyName → House of Medici ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medici
Livorno → foundedBy → House of Medici ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medici family
Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici → house → House of Medici ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medici
Pope Pius IV → houseOrDynasty → House of Medici ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medici of Milan
Clarice Orsini → marriedInto → House of Medici ⓘ
Giovanni → memberOf → House of Medici ⓘ
subject surface form: Giovanni de' Medici
Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici → memberOf → House of Medici ⓘ
Lorenzo de' Medici → memberOf → House of Medici ⓘ
Margherita Medici → memberOf → House of Medici ⓘ
Pope Clement VII → memberOf → House of Medici ⓘ
Pope Leo X → memberOf → House of Medici ⓘ
Marie de’ Medici → memberOfDynasty → House of Medici ⓘ
Catherine de’ Medici → nobleFamily → House of Medici ⓘ
Florence → notableFamily → House of Medici ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medici family
Republic of Florence → notableFamily → House of Medici ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medici family
Florentine school → patron → House of Medici ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medici family
Sandro Botticelli → patron → House of Medici ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medici family
Duchy of Florence → rulingDynasty → House of Medici ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Tuscany → rulingDynasty → House of Medici ⓘ
Duchy of Florence → rulingFamily → House of Medici ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medici family
Grand Duchess of Tuscany → usedByDynasty → House of Medici ⓘ