The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici (67 page)

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, Guccio de’,
30
,
90

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 Pierfrancesco de’,
178
,
185
,
187
,
323

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, Margaret de’, later Margaret of Parma,
251
,
255
,
264

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 de’,
née
Salviati,
257
,
261
,
263
,
269

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, Pierfrancesco di Giovanni de’,
115
,
159
255

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, Pietro di Cosimo de’,
269
,
277

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

Mercenaries (
see also Condottieri
),
42
,
56
,
125
,
126
,
139

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

Monte Cassino Abbey,
202
,
324–5

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

Musée du Louvre, Paris,
320
,
330

Museo degli Argent,
328

Museo deU’ Accademia,
319
,
326