Medici family, or translated as medici family, medici family and medici family, was a famous powerful family in Florence13rd century to17th century in Europe. Medici family's first famous ancestor should be a doctor, or rather a pharmacist, from which his surname "Medici" came. Doctor is medico in Italian, medicin in French which is homologous to Italian, and medicin means medicine in modern English.
This is also reflected in the family emblem of the Mei family. In fact, the ball on the family emblem originally represented some pills, and with the increase of wealth and glory, it developed into a later aristocratic badge.
Mei emblem
Mei emblem
Medici family's wealth, power and influence come from the activities of trade associations of commerce, wool processing and wool spinning. However, what really developed Medici was the financial business. Medici Bank is one of the most prosperous and respected banks in Europe. On this basis, medici family started as a banker, then became a politician, priest and aristocrat, and gradually reached the peak of the upper class in Florence, Italy and even Europe. In this door, three popes, several rulers of Florence, an archduke of Tuscany, two French queens and other members of the British royal family were born.
Family calendar
Salvatore de Medici was the first member of medici family to go down in history. 1378 When the Cardin Uprising shook the whole Florence, he was the standard-bearer of justice (Florence's highest judicial officer). Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici was the first medici family to enter the banking industry. From him, his family had a certain influence in the Florence government. By the time Giovanni's son Cosimo de Medici arrived, medici family had become the unofficial head of state (tyrant) in Florence. The branch of Cosimo family ruled Florence until the first generation Duke of Florence Alessandro de Medici was assassinated in 1537. Power was transferred to this branch of Giovanni's youngest son Lorenzo I de Medici, which was led by Giovanni's great-grandson, Cosimo I.
Art, architecture and science
Medici family's most important achievements are art and architecture, which greatly promoted the Renaissance. Giovanni was the first person in this family to sponsor art. Assisted Massachu and ordered the reconstruction of San Lorenzo Church. Cosimo de Medici's famous artistic collaborators are Donatello and Friar filippo Lippi. The most brilliant stroke of that period was Michelangelo, who served medici family for several generations from Lorenzo. In addition to commissioned works in art and architecture, medici family also has a large collection, and now their collection is the core exhibit of the Uffizi Art Museum in Florence.
In terms of architecture, medici family has left many famous scenic spots for Florence, including Uffizi Art Museum, Palatina Gallery in Pitti Palace, Popoli Courtyard and Villa Bervid Le.
In addition to their achievements in art and architecture, this family has also made outstanding contributions to science, supporting talents such as Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo.
These amazing achievements made medici family known as the godfather of the Renaissance.
* Giovanni appointed brunelleschi to rebuild the church of San Lorenzo on 14 19.
Cosimo appointed Brunellesky to continue the unfinished Church of Our Lady of Dome Flowers. 1436, the largest dome in the world was built.
* Eleanor of Toledo, wife of Cosimo I, bought Galleria Palatina of Palazzo Pitti 1550 from Buonaccorso Pitti.
* Cosimo I sponsored George vasari (1560), who founded the Uffizi Art Museum and established the School of Design (1562).
* Marie de Medicis, widow of French King Henry IV and mother of Louis XIII, appeared in Peter Paul Rubens's oil painting "Marie de Medicis Landing in Marseilles" (1622 -23).