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| Real Name: | Casata dei Medici |
| Queens: | Catherine de' Medici (Queen consort of France) |
| Heads of Church: | Pope Clement VII |
| Nobles: | Hortenza de' Medici Francesca de' Medici |
| Location: | Florence, Italy |
| Affiliations: | Kingdom of Italy 
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| First Mention: | Pilot |
The House of Medici was an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first began to gather prominence under Cosimo de' Medici, in the Republic of Florence during the first half of the 15th century.
List of Heads of the Medici[]
The Vatican[]
- Pope Leo X (1513–1521)
- Pope Clement VII (1523–1534)
- Pope Pius IV (1559–1565)
- Pope Leo XI (1605)
In 1531, the family became hereditary Dukes of Florence.
In History[]
* 22 June 1510
Alexander (Alessandro) de' Medici was born in Florence, Republic of Florence to Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici and African slave Simonetta da Collevecchio.
* 1516
Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici was made Duke of Urbino by his uncle Pope Leo X.
* 13 June 1518
Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino married Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne, Countess of Boulogne (Francis I of France's kinswoman).
* 13 April 1519
Catherine de' Medici was born to Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino and Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne, Countess of Boulogne in Florence, Republic of Florence.
* 28 April 1519
Madeleine, Duchess of Urbino, Countess of Boulogne and Lady of St Saturnin died from childbed fever.
* 4 May 1519
Lorenzo II, Duke of Urbino died from syphilis.
* 1524
Catherine became Countess of Auvergne with the death of her maternal aunt, Anne.
* 1527
The Medicis were exiled from Florence and Catherine was imprisoned. Later that same year her brother Alexander was engaged to Margaret of Austria (illegitimate daughter of Emperor Charles V).
* 12 August 1530
The Medicis regained control of Florence and Catherine was freed.
* 28 October 1533
Pope Clement VII arranged for the marriage of Catherine de' Medici and Prince Henry of France.
* 25 September 1534
Pope Clement VII died at the age of 53.
* 6 January 1537
Alexander de' Medici, Duke of Florence was brutally murdered. He was "hacked to death".
* 31 March 1547
Catherine de' Medici became Queen of France.
* Fall of 1557
Francesca de' Medici and Pietro de' Medici stopped King Henry of France from gaining an audience with the new Pope of Rome.
* 25 December 1559
Giovanni Angelo de' Medici became Pope as Pius IV.
Family Tree[]
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| Francis II of France |
| Elisabeth of Valois |
| Philip II of Spain |
| Claude of Calois |
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| Isabella Clara Eugenia |
| Catherine Michelle |
| Henry II, Duke of Lorraine |
| Christina of Lorraine |
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Historal Notes[]
- In March 1513, Lucrezia de' Medici's other brother became Pope Leo X.
- Lucrezia de' Medici's was with Pope Leo X when he died.
- Pope Clement VII not only saved Catherine de' Medici from being held hostage and raped when she was a child, but prior to that, he'd raised her after the death of her parents and grandparents when she was 4. [1]
- Catherine de' Medici had an uncle named Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici but he died in 1503. [2]
- There was also a Piero di Cosimo de' Medici who was the de facto ruler of Florence, during the Italian Renaissance. but he died in 1469. [2]
- Lucrezia de' Medici opposed Pope Clement VII's decision to marry her grand-niece Catherine de' Medici to the future King Henry II of France, wantingt such an important Medici heir to marry within Italy.
- Catherine de' Medici got Château de Chenonceau from Diane de Poitiers, but not until after King Henry's death in 1559. [3]
- Catherine never had an uncle Alfonso, but she did have a grandmother Alfonsina but she died in 1520. [4]
- A portrait of Catherine's brother Alexander (Alessandro) wearing armour can be seen hanging in her bedchamber.
- Catherine de' Medici is Lucrezia de' Medici's grand-niece.
- Lucrezi's son, Bernardo Salviati was the knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem; served Catherine de' Medici in France in 1561 Cardinal.
- After Bernardo Salviati establishing himself in France, he rebuilt the Château de Talcy, and became Grand Almoner to Catherine de' Medici, who had convinced him to set aside his fighting career for an ecclesiastical one.
Reign's and History's Characters[]
- Queen Catherine and History's Catherine de' Medici
- King Francis and History's King Francis II
- Queen Leeza and History's Queen Leeza
- Prince Louis and History's Prince Louis
- Princess Claude and History's Princess Claude
- King Charles and History's King Charles IX
- Prince Henri and History's Henry III of France
- Princess Margaret and History's Princess Margaret
- King Henry and History's King Henry (Marriage)
- Mary Stuart and History's Mary, Queen of Scots (Marriage)
- King Philip and History's King Philip (Marriage)