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Coat of arms of the Grand Duke of Tuscany and the Grand Prince showing the Grand Ducal crown..

The House Medici (pronounced med-ee-chee) or Medici family was a very important family in Florence, Italy from the year 1300 to about 1600. They were the richest family in Europe for many years. Many leaders of Florence during the Renaissance were Medicis. The Medicis were important because they ran many banks, including the most important bank in Europe. They were so powerful they became like a royal family. 4 popes of the Catholic Church were from the Medici. Their names were Pope Leo X (the 10th), Pope Clement VII(the 7th), Pope Pius IV (the 4th), and Pope Leo XI (the 11th). 2 Queens of France were from the Medici - Catherine de’ Medici and Marie de’ Medici. The heir to the Tuscan throne was traditionally known as the Grand Prince.

The family ruled the state with the title of Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Popes

Medici popes
Arms of the Medici popes

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  • Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici

    Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici, founder of the Medici bank

  • Ghirlandaio a-pucci-lorenzo-de-medici-f-sassetti 1

    The Confirmation of the Rule, by Domenico Ghirlandaio

  • Cosimo Pater Patriae

    Cosimo Pater patriae, Uffizi Gallery, Florence

  • MEDICI TAPESTRY

    The Medici Wedding Tapestry of 1589

  • Cosimo ii de' medici adn two

    From left to right: The Grand Duchess Maria Maddalena, The Grand Duke Cosimo II, and their elder son, the future Ferdinando II

  • Volterrano, Cosimo III de' Medici in grand ducal robes (Warsaw Royal Castle)

    Cosimo III, the Medicean grand duke, in Grand Ducal regalia

  • Antonio Bellucci 001

    Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, the last of the Grand Ducal line, in Minerva, Merkur und Plutus huldigen der Kurfürstin Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (English: Minerva, Mercury and Pluto pay homage to the Electress Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici) after Antonio Bellucci, 1706

  • Sandro Botticelli 056

    The family of Piero de' Medici portrayed by Sandro Botticelli in the Madonna del Magnificat.

  • Gozzoli magi

    Medici family members placed allegorically in the entourage of a king from the Three Wise Men in the Tuscan countryside in a Benozzo Gozzoli fresco, c. 1459.

  • Blood Orange 2

    Here seen sliced in half, an art historian suggests that whole blood oranges could be the imagery in the Medici coats of arms

  • Coat of arms of the Grand Duke of Tuscany

    Coat of Arms of the Grand-Duke of Tuscany

  • Coat of arms of the House of de' Medici

    Achievement of the House of de' Medici

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