MEDICI
The Medici family were bankers
in Florence and
amassed great wealth; from the time of Giovanni (d.1429) they were the leading
(and usually ruling) family of Florence.
The ancestor was one Averardo di
Medici (fl 1357), who had issue:
1a) Giovanni di Medici (1360-20
Feb 1429); m.Riccarda (d.1432), dau
of Edoardo Bueri
1b) Antonio, d.1398
2b) Damiano,
d.1390
3b) Cosimo
di Medici (Sep 1389-1 Aug 1464); m.1416/7 Contessina, dau of Alessandro di Bardi, Cte
di Vernio
1c) Pietro
di Medici (1416-3 Dec 1469); m.3 Jun 1444 Lucrezia (1425-25 Mar 1482), dau
of Francesco Tornabuoni
1d) Lorenzo I di Medici (1
Jan 1449-8 Apr 1492); m.1st 28 Dec 1469 Chiara (d.1488), dau of Jacopo Orsini; he is said to have m.2nd Filippina di Savoia
1e) Lucrezia
(4 Aug 1470-ca
1550); m.1485 Jacopo Salviati (15 Sep 1461-6 Sep 1535)
2e) Pietro
di Medici (15 Feb 1471-28 Dec 1503); m.1487 Alfonsina (1472-7 Feb 1520), dau
of Roberto Orsini
1f) Lorenzo II di Medici, Duca di Urbino (9 Sep 1492-4 May 1519); m.Amboise 2
May 1518 Madeleine (d.28 Apr 1519), dau
of Jean de la Tour, Cte d'Auvergne
et de Boulogne
1g) Caterina
Maria Romola di Medici (13 Apr 1519-5 Jan 1589);
m.27 Oct 1533 King Henri II of France
(1518-1559)
2g)
[illegitimate; other sources say he was illegitimate son of Pope Clement VII (below)] Alessandro di
Medici, Duke of Florence (1510-1537)
1h)
Giulio, d.1600
1i)
Cosimo; m.Lucrezia Gaetani
1j)
Angelica, d.1636; m.Giampetro d’Altemps
Duca di Gallese
2f) Chiara
(1493-3 May 1528); m.Filippo Strozzi
(1488-1537)
3e) Maddalena
(25 Jul 1473-1528);
m.1487 Francesco Cybo (d.1519)
4e) Giovanni di Medici (11
Dec 1475-1 Dec 1521); in 1513 he succeeded as Pope Leo X
5e) Luigia
(1477-20 May 1488)
6e) Contessina
(1478-1515); m.Pietro Ridolfi
7e) Giuliano/Julian,
Duc de Nemours (12 Mar 1479-17 Mar 1516); m.10 Feb 1515 Philiberta of Savoy
(1498-1524)
1f)
[illegitimate] Ippolito di
Medici, Cardinal, d.1535
2d) Giuliano
(1453-murdered 1478)
1e) Giuliano
di Medici (26 May 1478-25 Sep 1534); in 1523 he succeeded
as Pope Clement VII
3d) Bianca, d.1488; m.1459 Guglielmo di Pazzi
4d) Nannina,
d.14 Apr 1493; m.1466 Bernardo Rucellai
2c) Giovanni (3 Jul 1421-23 Sep 1463); m.20 Jan 1453
Maria Ginevra, dau of Niccolo degli Alessandri
1d) Cosimo
(1452-1461)
4b) Lorenzo di
Medici (1395-23 Sep 1440); m.Ginevra, dau of Giovanni Cavalcanti
1c) Pier Francesco
(1431-murdered 28 Mar 1469);
m.1451 Laudomia, dau of
Jacopo Acciajuoli
1d) Lorenzo (1463-20 May 1503);
m.1483 Semiramide, dau of
Jacopo Appiani
1e) Pier Francesco (1486-1525);
m.1511 Maria, dau of Tomasso
Soderini
1f) Lorenzo (22 Mar 1514-murdered 1548)
2f) Giuliano,
Archbishop of Alby (1520-28 Jul 1588)
3f) Laudomia;
m.1st 1532 Alemanno Salviati;
m.2nd 1539 Pietro Strozzi
(1510-1558)
4f) Maddalena,
d.14 Apr 1583; m.1539 Roberto Strozzi
2e) Averardo
(1488-1495)
3e) Vincenzo
4e) Ginevra;
m.1508 Giovanni di Albizzi
5e) Laudomia;
m.1502 Francesco Salviati
2d) Giovanni (21 Oct 1467-14 Sep 1498);
m.1497 Caterina (1462-1509), dau
of Galeazzo Maria Sforza,
Duke of Milan
1e) Giovanni (6 Apr 1498-30 Nov 1526);
m.1516 Maria (17 Jul 1499-12
Dec 1543), dau of Jacopo Salviati
1f) Cosimo
I di Medici, Duke of Florence 1537, Grand Duke of Tuscany
1569 (11 Jun 1519-21 Apr 1574); m.1st
29 Mar 1539 Eleonora (ca 1522-18 Dec 1562), dau
of Pedro Alvarez de Toledo, Marchese di Villafranca; m.2nd
1570 Camilla (d.1590), dau of Antonio Martelli
1g) Francesco I, Gr Duke of Tuscany
1574 (25 Mar 1541-19
Oct 1587); m.1st 18
Dec 1565 Archdss Johanna of Austria
(24 Jan 1547-10
Apr 1578); m.2nd 5
Jun 1579 Bianca (d.1587), dau of Bartolomeo Capello
1h) Antonio (29 Aug 1576-2 May 1621)
2h) Filippo
(20 May 1577-29
Mar 1582)
3h) Eleonora
(1 Mar 1566-9 Sep
1611); m.1585 Vincenzo Gonzaga,
Duke of Mantua
(1562-1612)
4h) Romola,
b.and d.1568
5h) Anna (31 Dec 1569-19 Feb 1584)
6h) Isabella (30 Sep 1571-8 Aug 1572)
7h) Lucrezia
(7 Nov 1572-14
Aug 1574)
8h) Maria (26 Apr 1573-3 Jul 1642);
m.27 Dec 1600 King Henri IV of France
(1553-1610)
2g) Giovanni, Cardinal,
Archbishop of Pisa (28 Sep 1543-Nov 1562)
3g) Pietro
(10 Aug 1546-10
Jun 1547)
4g) Garzias
(5 Jul 1547-12
Dec 1562)
5g) Antonio, b.and d.1548
6g) Ferdinando
I, Cardinal 1563-89, Gr Duke of Tuscany
1587 (30 Jul 1549-17
Feb 1609); m.3 May 1589 Christine of Lorraine
(6 Aug 1565-19
Sep 1637)
1h) Cosimo
II, Gr Duke of Tuscany
1609 (12 May 1590-28
Feb 1621); m.19 Oct 1608 Archdss Maria Magdalene of Austria
(7 Oct 1589-1
Nov 1631)
1i) Ferdinando
II (14 Jul 1610-23 May 1670); m.1634 Vittoria (7 Feb 1622-6 Mar 1694), dau of Francesco Ubaldo della Rovere,
Pr di Urbino
1j) Cosimo,
b.and d.1639
2j) Cosimo
III, Gr Duke of Tuscany
(14 Aug 1642-31
Oct 1723); m.20 Jun 1661 (div 1675) Marguerite Louise d'Orléans
(1645-1721)
1k) Ferdinando
(9 Aug 1663-31
Oct 1713); m.19 Jan 1689 Violante of Bavaria
(1673-1731)
2k) Gian
Gastone, Gr Duke of Tuscany
(24 May 1671-9
Jul 1737); m.2 Jul 1697 Anna Marie Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg (1672-1741)
3k) Anna Maria (11 Aug 1667-18 Feb 1743);
m.5 Jun 1691 Johann Wilhelm Kfst von der Pfalz (1658-1716)
3j) Francesco Maria, Cardinal
1686-1709 (12 Nov 1660-3
Feb 1711); m.1709 Eleonora Luisa Gonzaga
(1686-1742)
[Note:
Princess Eleonora is believed to have had two natural
sons, though there is some speculation that they were actually Francesco’s
natural sons: 1.Ubaldo (d.1750), called Mignon, or Velluti,
rector if College of Scolopi, Rome, supposedly fathered by her French footman; and 2.
Francesco (d.1765), called Baulle, Baulas or Bailas, Brother of the
Carmine; see footnotes p.39, Volume 18, Walpole Correspondence]
2i) Gian
Carlo, Cardinal (24 Jul 1611-23 Jan 1663)
3i) Matteo
(9 May 1613-14 Oct 1667)
4i) Francesco (16 Oct 1614-25 Jul 1634)
5i) Leopoldo,
Cardinal (6 Nov 1617-10
Nov 1675)
6i) Maria Cristina (24 Aug 1609-9 Aug 1632)
7i) Margherita
(31 May 1612-6
Feb 1679); m.11 Oct 1628 Odoardo Farnese,
Duke of Parma
(1612-1646)
8i) Anna (21 Jul 1616-11 Sep 1676);
m.10 Jun 1646 Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria
(1628-1662)
2h) Francesco (14 May 1594-17 Apr 1614)
3h) Carlo, Cardinal (19 Mar 1595-17 Jun 1666)
4h) Filippo
(9 Apr 1598-1
Apr 1602)
5h) Eleonora
(10 Nov 1591-22
Nov 1617)
6h) Caterina
(2 May 1593-17
Apr 1629); m.17 Feb 1617 Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
(1587-1626)
7h) Maria Maddalena
(28 Jun 1600-28 Dec 1633)
8h) Claudia (4 Jun 1604-25 Dec 1648); m.1st
1621 Francesco Ubaldo della Rovere, Pr di Urbino (b.1605, murdered
1625); m.2nd 19 Apr
1626 Archduke Leopold V of Austria-Tyrol (1586-1632)
7g) Pietro
(3 Jun 1554-25
Apr 1604); m.1st Eleonora de Toledo
(murdered 30 Jun 1576);
m.2nd 1593 Beatrice de Meneses
8g) Maria (3 Apr 1540-19 Nov 1557)
9g) Isabella (b.31 Aug 1542,
murdered 16 Jul 1576);
m.1565 Paolo Orsini, Duke of Bracciano
(1537-1585)
10g) Lucrezia
(7 Jun 1545-21
Apr 1562); m.after 18 Jun 1558 Alfonso II d'Este,
Duke of Ferrara (1533-1597)
11g) Anna, b.and
d.1553
12g) Virginia
(29 May 1568-15
Jan 1615); m.6 Feb 1586 Cesare d'Este,
Duke of Modena
(1552-1628)