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Grpres 1
Grpres 1
Grpres 1
Family
The Medici
Family
• House of Medici.
• Italian bourgeois family.
• First attained wealth and political
power in the 13th century through
their success in commerce and
banking.
• Ruled Florence and, later, Tuscany
(1434-1737).
• Dynasty began with the founding of
the Medici Bank in 1397.
The Medici
Family
The Medici
• Cosimo
1464)The Elder.
Family
Cosimo de’ Medici (1389–