The Medici Family

Heads of the Medici

Cosimo de' Medici

Piero I de' Medici

Lorenzo I de' Medici

Piero II de' Medici

Elected to Papacy

Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici

Pope Leo X

Giulio de’ Medici

Pope Clement VII.

Giovanni Angelo Medici

Pope Pius IV

Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici

Pope Leo XI

Duke of Florence/Tuscany

Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence

Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Queen of France

Catherine de' Medici

Marie de’ Medici

The Medici Bank “God’s Bankers”

The Medici Bank created in Florence during the 15th century

Most profitable business

in Europe

Partnership with the

Catholic Church

Collected 10% of

earnings for the church

Filippo Brunelleschi

Cosimo's patronage enabled architect Filippo Brunelleschi to complete the dome of the Florence Cathedral

Invention of linear perspective