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Medici, Giulio de’,
illegitimate son of
Alessandro de’ Medici,
257
,
266
Medici, Giulio de’,
illegitimate son of
Giuliano di Piero;
later
Pope Clement VII,
q.v
. (1478–1534),
237
; his birth,
144
; flees to Venice,
187
; and his cousin Giovanni di Lorenzo,
205
,
206
; and Albizzi,
212
; and Francis I,
220
,
222
; Leo X and,
232–3
; Guicciardini on,
233
; and election of Adrian VI,
238
; his mode of living,
239
; Pope,
239
Medici, Ippolito de’,
illegitimate son of
Giuliano di Lorenzo,
239
,
262
; his birth,
223
,
236
; his unpopularity,
248
; created cardinal,
252
; and Alessandro,
252–3
,
254
; death of,
254
Medici, Isabella di Cosimo de’,
see
Orsini, Isabella
Medici, Joanna de’. Grand Duchess of Tuscany,
formerly
Archduchess of Austria,
275
,
276
,
312
Medici, Leopoldo di Cosimo de’, Cardinal (1617–75),
284–5
,
328
,
332
Medici, Lorenzaccio di Pierfrancesco de’,
also
called Lorenzino(1514–47),
255–6
,
265
Medici, Lorenzo de’,
illegitimate son of
Cosimo 1, 266
Medici, Lorenzo di Giovanni de’ (1395–1440),
32
,
43
; and the Albizzi anti-Medicean plot,
52
; returns to Florence,
58
; and the Council of Florence,
66
; Gozzoli and,
111
; and Villa of Careggi,
316
Medici, Lorenzo di Piero de’,
called
Lorenzo the Magnificent (1449–92),
102
,
212
,
257
,
274
; his appearance,
103
,
113
; his education,
103
; on diplomatic missions,
103
; and the anti-Medici plot,
105–6
; Botticelli and,
109
; Gozzoli and, III; his happy temperament,
113
; his enjoyment of life,
114
,
118
; his versatility,
114
; his marriage,
114
,
115
; his wedding celebrations,
116–18
; his delight in festivities,
120–1
,
216
; patron of artists, writers and scholars,
122
,
164–8
,
170
,
322
,
323
; Poliziano on,
122
,
174
; and public office,
123
,
125
; respect for,
124
; and Volterra,
125–7
; the banker,
129
,
158–9
; and Sixtus IV,
129–30
,
148
,
150
,
159
; and the Pazzi Conspiracy,
131–8
,
140
; wax effigies of,
142–3
,
315
; and his children,
144
,
162
; and his wife,
145–7
; relationships with women,
146–7
; the
Signoria
on,
149
; and the defence of Florence,
150–1
; his mission to Naples,
152–5
; his generosity,
155
; his authority and influence,
156–7
,
160
,
162
; and Innocent VIII,
161–2
,
202–3
; his prestige,
162–3
; connoisseur of architecture,
168
; collector,
169
; poet,
170–2
; dying,
172–4
; death of,
174
; and Savonarola,
181
,
182
; and his son Giovanni,
202–5
; his tomb,
240
,
326
; Verrocchio’s
fountain,
275
; and Poggio a Caiano,
314
; and Botticelli’s
Adoration of the Magi
,
320
; Filippo Strozzi and,
323–4
Medici, Lorenzo di Piero de’. Duke of Urbino (1492–1519),
202
,
212
; and the election of Leo X,
217
; the Pope’s representative in Florence,
219
; and Francis L 220; his new title,
220
; takes Urbino and assumes title,
224
; Leo X and,
232
; marriage and death of,
235
; his unpopularity,
236
; his bastard,
236
; his tomb,
240
,
326
Medici, Lucrezia de’,
née
Tornabuoni,
123
; poet,
102
,
170
; wife and mother,
102
; and Botticelli,
109
; on Clarice Orsini,
114–15
; at Lorenzo’s wedding banquet,
117
; and Lorenzo,
123
; Poliziano confides in,
145
; and Bagno a Morba,
172
; portrayed by Ghirlandaio,
319
Medici, Lucrezia di Cosimo de,
see
Ferrara, Lucrezia d’Este, Duchess of
Medici, Lucrezia di Lorenzo de’,
see
Salviati, Lucrezia
Medici, Lucrezia di Piero de’,
see
Rucellai, Lucrezia
Medici, Luigia di Lorenzo de’,
115
Medici, Maddalena di Lorenzo de’,
see
Cibò, Maddalena
Medici, Marguerite-Louise de’. Grand Duchess of Tuscany,
née
Marguerite-Louise of Orleans (1645–1721), her reluctance to marry,
288
; and Ferdinand in,
288–9
; and the crown jewels,
289
; bored and unhappy,
289–91
; pregnancy and illness,
290
,
291
,
293
; her indiscreet behaviour,
290
,294,296; and her mother-in-law,
293
; asks for a separation,
294
; retires to a French convent,
295–6
Medici, Maria di Cosimo de’,
269
Medici, Maria di Francesco de’,
see
Marie de Medici, Queen of France
Medici, Maria di Piero de’,
see
Rossi, Maria
Medici, Maria Maddalena de’. Grand Duchess of Tuscany,
formerly
Archduchess of Austria,
282
,
283
,
332
Medici, Mario Bartolommeo de’,
55
Medici, Manias di Cosimo de’, Prince (1613–67),
285–6
,
290
,
332
Medici, Piccarda de,
née
Bueri,
32
Medici, Piero di Cosimo de’ (1414–69), birth,
39
;
Accoppiatori
,
63
; his poor health,
95
,
101
; on his father,
97
; and his father’s monument,
98
; his appearance and character,
101
; the banker,
101–2
,
104
; and Ficino,
103
; and the plot against the Medici,
105–6
; and government of Florence,
107
; his munificence,
107
;
Filarete on,
107
; friend and patron of artists,
107–12
; Botticelli’s
Fortitude
,
109–10
; his tomb,
112
,
321
; and Donatello’s
Judith Slaying Holofemes
,
319
; and San Miniato al Monte,
320
; and Botticelli’s
Adoration of the Magi
,
320
Medici, Piero di Lorenzo de’ (1471–1503),
135
,
173
,
212
; and his father,
174
; his appearance,
177
; his temperament,
177–8
; and his cousins,
178
; and the French invasion,
184
,
185
; and Charles VIII,
186
; flees to Venice,
187
; hopes to reinstate himself,
201
; death of,
202
; his tomb,
324–5
Medici, Salvestro de’,
31
Medici, Vieri di Cambio de’,
34
Medici, Violante Beatrice de’,
née
Princess Violante Beatrice of Bavaria,
301
,
304
,
308
,
320
Medici, Vittoria de’, Grand Duchess of Tuscany,
nit
Delia Rovere,
287
,
293
Melani, Jacopo,
289
Michelangelo,
prop
. Michelangiolo Buonarroti (1475–1564),
168
; on Ghiberti’s bronze doors,
71
; ‘kneeling windows’,
76
; his history,
165
; and Lorenzo the Magnificent,
166
; and Savonarola,
181
; and Julius II,
207
,
229
; Leo X and,
229
,
240
; Clement VII commissions,
240
.;
Biblioteca Laurenziana
,
240
,
326
; and the defences of Florence,
249–50
; his tomb,
312
; and the Palazzo Medici,
318
; his early work,
322
; and the new sacristy at San Lorenzo,
326
; his
David
, 326; and the commission for a
Hercules
,
327
; and the Boboli Gardens,
328
; his compasses,
331
; his papers,
332
Michelozzi, Michelozzo di Bartolommeo (1396–1472), and San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice,
54
,
315
; monastery of San Marco,
74
; Cosimo
Pater Patriae
commissions,
75
: and Palazzo Medici,
75
,
76
; and the Medici villas,
77
,
95
,
315
,
316
; and Medici bank in Milan,
87
; and the pageant of the Magi, III; and Palazzo deUa Signoria,
312
; and the Novices’ Chapel, Santa Croce,
313
. 317; and the tomb of John XXIII,
316
; and the tabernacle of Santissima Annunziata,
320
Milan, Medici bank in,
87
,
158
; artists in,
167
,
168
; printing presses in,
169
; Cardinal Giovanni in,
209
; French troops occupy,
220
; fall of,
238
Milan, Duchy of, government of,
27
; Florence and,
42
,
79–80
,
83
,
84
,
106
,
130
,
149
. 151; battle of Imola,
55
; Venice and Naples declare war on,
84
; Duke of Orleans and,
194
; Spaniards and,
219
: Francis I and,
222
; Charles V and,
237
Milan, Dukes of,
see the
Sforzas
and
Visconti, Filippo Maria
Mino da Resole,
331
Mirandola, Pico della,
see
Pico della Mirandola, Count Giovanni Moncada, Don Ugo di,
241
Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de (1533–92),
276
Montefeltro, Federigo da,
set
Urbino, Federigo Montefeltro, Duke of
Montesquieu, Charles, Baron de la Brède et de,
279
Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d’Orléans, Duchesse de,
called
Mademoiselle,
292
Morello,
the horse
of Lorenzo the Magnificent,
114
Museums and galleries,
Galleria dell’ Accademia Carrara, Bergamo,
325
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston,
325
Metropolitan Museum, New York,
330
Musée de Sevres,
330
Museo degli Argent,
328
