Family connections for the Medieval and Renaissance Medicis

Updated 1 October 2012.

b = brother of, d = daughter of, m = married to (year),
s = son of, ss = grandson of, † = died; ‡ = buried.
 
No. Lived Ruled Male name and relations
Female / spouses' names and relations
010 - - Averardo detto Bicci
† 1363;
He was son of Salvestro 'Chiarissimo' de Medici and Lisa Donati.

Giovanna degli Spini;
children :
1.   Francesco; † 1402;
2.   Giovanni (020);
020 1360-1429 1421-1429 Giovanni de Medici = Giovanni d'Arverardo = Giovanni de Bicci
s (010); * 1360; † 20/2 1429;
Gonfaloniere of Florence; [Gonfaloniere is chief of state];

Riccarda de Bueri = Piccarda de Bueri; * c. 1368; † 1432;
children :
1.   Antonio; * 1398; † 1398;
2.   Damian; * 1390; † 1390;
3.   Cosimo (030); * 1389;
4.   Lorenzo (031); * 1395;
030 1389-1464 1429-1464
or
1434-1464		 Cosimo di Giovanni de Medici = Pater Patria = Cosimo Lord of Florence; = Cosimo il Vecchio;
s(020); * 27/9 1389; † 1/8 1464;
Ruler of Florence 1429 or 1434 to 1464;

Contessina de Bardi; m(1) c. 1416; d. count of Vernio;
children :
1.   Piero (040); * 1416; † 1469;
2.   Giovanni; * 3/6 1421 or 1424; † 2/11 1463;
     m Maria Ginevra degli Albizzi / Alessandri; they got:
     Cosimo; * 1452; † 1461;
3.   Carlo, * 1430; † 1492;
031 1395-1440 - Lorenzo di Giovanni de Medici;
s(020); * 1395; † 23/9 1440;

Ginevra Cavalcanti; m 1416;
child :
1.   Pierfrancesco = Pier Francesco (042); * 1415;
2.   Francesco;
040 1416-1469 1464-1469 Piero di Cosimo de Medici; Piero I;
s(030); * 1416; † 2/12 1469;

Lucrezia Tornabuoni; * 1425; † 25/3 1482; m 3/6 1444;
children :
1.   Maria; * 1445; † 1470;
     m Leonetto Rossi; Maria's mother may be a mistress;
2.   Bianca; * 1446; † 0/4 1488;
     m 0/7 1459 Guglielmo de Pazzi; * 1437; † 1516;
3.   Lucrezia = Nannina; * 1450; † 14/5 1493;
     m 8/6 1466 Bernardo Rucellai;
4.   Lorenzo il Magnifico (053); * 1449;
5.   Giuliano di Piero; * 1453; † 26/4 1478 murdered;
     Co-ruler of Florence from 1469 to 1478;
     Giulio, illegitimate, later pope Clement VII; 1478-1534; See (154);
042 1430-1476 - Pierfrancesco di Giovanni de Medici = Pier Francesco;
s(031); * 1430 or 1431; † 28/3 1476 murdered;

Laudomia Acciaiuola; m 1456;
children :
1.   Lorenzo (056); * 1463; † 1503;
2.   Giovanni (057); * 1467; † 1498;
053 1449-1492 1469-1492 Lorenzo di Piero de Medici = Lorenzo il Magnifico = Lorenzo the Magnificent;
s(040); * 1/1 1449; † 8/4 1492;
Ruler of Florence from 1469 to 1492;

Clarice Orsini; * 1453; † 30/7 1488 or 1487; m 4/6 and 28/12 1469;
children :
1.   Piero = Pietro (060);
2.   Giovanni; * 1471/75; † 1521; later pope Leo X
3.   Giuliano Duke of Nemours; * 1479; † 1516;
     m 1515 Filiberta di Savoia; * 1498; † 24/4 1514; they got:
     a) Ippolito, * 1509 or 1511; † 1535; he may be son of a mistress;
4.   Maddalena; * 25/7 1473; † 2/12 1519;
     m 25/2 1487 Franceschetto Cibò, Count of Anguilara & Ferentillo; they got:
     a) Lorenzo Cibo; m Ricciardo Malaspina;
     b) Catarina Cibo di Camerino;
     c) Il Cardinale Innoncenzo Cibo;
5.   Lucrezia (064); m Giacomo Salviata;
6.   Luisa; * 1477; † 21/5 1488;
7.   Contessina; * 1478; † 29/6 1515; m Piero Ridolfo; they got:
     a) Il Cardinale Niccolo Ridolfo;
154 1478-1534 - Giulio, later as pope Clement VII
* 1478; † 1534;

child assumed:
1.   Alessandro (254); * 1511; † 6/1 1537, murdered;
     m Margaret of Austria, * 1521; † 18/1 1586; illegitimate d. Charles V;
Became Duke of Urbino as Alessandro I from 1519-1527 and
Duke of Tuscany from 1531-1537;
According to another assumption he was son of Duke Lorenzo (056);
His mother may have been a mistress;
Another duke, Alessandro II, without parentage mentioned, ruled 1530 to 1537;
[5366 p.244]
056 1463-1503 - Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de Medici = Pier Francesco; = Lorenzo il Popolano;
s(042); * 1463; † 20/5 1503;

Semiramide d'Appiano; † 9/3 1523; m c. 1484:
children :
1.   Pierfrancesco = Pier Francesco (067);
2.   Averardo; (068)
3.   Vincenzo; (069)
4.   Ginevra;
     m Giovanni degli Albizzi;
5.   Laudomia (069b);
057 1467-1498 - Giovanni di Pierfrancesco de Medici - Il Popolano;
s(042); * 21/10 1467; † 14/9 1498;

Catarina Sforza; * 1462 or 1463; † 28/5 1509; m 1497, her m(2);
     she m(1) Girolamo Riario † 1488; by whom she got:
     il papa Sixtus IV † 1484;
      m(2) Giacomo Feo † 1495;
      m(3) Giovanni di Pier Francesco de Medici by whom she got:

child :
1.   Giovanni delle Bande Nere (069c);
060 1472-1503 1492-1494
or
1492-1503		 Piero di Lorenzo de Medici = Piero II; = Piero il Fatuo;
s(053); * 15/2 1472; † 28/12 1503;
Ruler of Florence from 1492 to 1494 and again from 1492 to 1503;

Alfonsina Orsini; * c. 1472; † 7/2 1520; m 0/3 1488;
children :
1.   Lorenzo (070);
2.   Clarice; * 1493; † 3/5 1528;
     m 1508 Filippo Strozzi; * 1488; † 18/9 1538;
064 1470-1550 - Lucrezia di Lorenzo de Medici;
d(053); * 4/8 1470; † 0/11 1550;

Jacopo Salviati = Giacomo Salviati; * 15/9 1461; † 6/9 1533; m 0/9 1488.
children :
1.   Il cardinale Giovanni Salviati;
2.   Elena;
   m Jacopo V Aviani;
3.   Maria Salviati; * 1499; † 1543;
   m Giovanni delle Bande Nere (069c);
4.   Francesca;
   m 1533 Ottaviano de Medici; * 14/7 1482; † 28/5 1546;
Children No. 1. and 2. are not mentioned in all sources.
067 1478
or
1487-1525		 - Pierfrancesco de Medici = Pier Francesco - Il Giovane;
s(056); * 1478 or 1487; † 0/8 1525;

Maria Soderini; m 1511;
children :
1.   Lorenzaccio = Lorenzino (072);
2.   Giuliano = Il Vescovo; * 1520; † 28/7 1588; archbishop of Albi;
3.   Laudomia;
     m(1) 1532 Alamanno Salviati;
     m(2) 1539 Piero Strozzi; * 1510; † 21/5 1558;
4.   Maddalena; † 14/4 1583;
     m 1539 Roberto Strozzi; † 1566;
069c 1498-1526 - Giovanni di Giovanni de Medici = Giovanni delle Bande Nere;
s(057); * 6/4 1498; † 30/11 1526;

Maria Salvati = Salviata; * 17/7 1499; † 12/12 1543; m 17/11 1516, d (064).
child :
1.   Cosimo (076);
070 1492-1519 1512-1519 Lorenzo di Piero de Medici, Duke Lorenzo II of Urbino;
s(060); * 9/9 1492; † 4/5 1519;
Ruler of Florence from 1503 to 1515;
Duke of Urbino from 1516 to 1519;

Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne = Maddalena; * 1495; † 28/4 1519; m 2/5 1518;
children :
1.   Caterina (080);
 
072 1514-1547/8 - Lorenzaccio di Pierfrancesco de Medici = Lorenzino ... ;
s(067); * 22/3 1514; † 26/2 1548 murdered;

He had a daughter who married Giulio Colonna;
076 1519-1574 1537-1574 Cosimo di Giovanni de Medici = Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany;
s(069c); * 12/6 1519; † 21/4 1574; ‡ San Lorenzo Florence;
Grand Duke of Florence from 1569;

Eleonora = Leonor Alvarez de Toledo; m(1) 29/3 1539; d Don Pedro de Toledo;
child :
1.   Maria (082); * 3/4 1540; † 19/11 1557;

Camilla Martelli; * 1545; † 30/5 1590; m(2) 29/3 1570;
The sequence of the two marriages is not clear;
children :
  2.   Francesco (081); * 25/3 1541; † 25/3 1541;
  3.   Isabella (083); * 31/8 1542; † 16/7 1576 murdered;
     m 1565 Paolo Giordano Orsini; Duke of Bracciano; * 1537; † 13/11 1585;
  4.   Giovanni (084); Il cardinale Giovanni; * 28/9 1543; † 20/11 1562; the mother may be a misstress or Camilla;
  5.   Lucrezia (086); * 7/6 1545; † 21/4 1561 or 1562;
     m 1558 Alfonso d'Este II, Duke of Ferrara & Modena; * 22/11 1533; † 27/10 1597;
  6.   Pietro = Don Pedricco; * 10/8 1546; † 1547;
  7.   Garzia (085); * 5/7 1547; † 12/12 1562;
  8.   Antonio; * 1548; † 1548;
  9.   Ferdinando(087); * 30/7 1549; † 17/2 1609;
10.   Anna; * 1553; † 1553;
11.   Pietro (089); * 3/6 1554; † 25/4 1604;
     m(1) Eleonora; * 1555; † 0/8 1576; d Don Garcia de Toledo;
      they got:
      a) Cosimo (188); * 1573; † 0/9 1576;
     m(2) 1578 or 1593 Brites de Lara; * 1560; † 1603;
12.   Virginia (088); * 28/5 1568; † 15/1 1615;
     m 6/2 1586 Cesare l'Este, Duke of Modena; * 8/10 1552; † 11/12 1628;
13.   Don Giovanni; * 1567; † 1621;
080 1519-1589 - Caterina di Lorenzo de Medici;
d(070); * 13/4 1519; † 5/1 1589;
Countess of Auvergne from 1519 to 1589;
Duchess of Urbino;
Regent of France 1552 and 1560 to 0/9 1574;
Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 and from 1574 to 1589;

Henry II of France; * 31/3 1519; † 10/7 1559; m 1533;
children :
1.   Francis (090); King as Francis II of France;
     m Mary, Queen of Scots;
2.   Elizabeth (091);
     m Philip II of Spain;
3.   Claude = Claudia (092);
     m Duke Charles III of Lorraine; they got:
      a) Christine (192); See (087);
4.   Francis (093); Duke of Alencon;
5.   Charles IX (094);
     m Elizabeth of Austria;
6.   Henry III (095);
     m Louise de Vaudemont;
7.   Marguerite = Margaret (096);
     m Henry of Navarre;
081 1541-1587 1574-1587 Francesco di Cosimo de Medici = Francesco I;
s(076); * 25/3 1541; † 19/10 1587;
Duke of Tuscany from 1574;
Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1576 to 1587;

Joanna of Austria = Johanna = Giovanna; d Ferdinand I;
* 24/01 1546 or 1547; † 10/04 or 11/04 1578; m(1) 18/12 1565;
children :
1.   Eleonora (097); * 01/03 1566 or 28/02 1567; † 19/09 1611;
     m 29/4 1584 Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua; * 22/09 1562; † 09/02 or 18/02 1612;
2.   Romola (098); * 20/11 1568; † 02/12 1568;
3.   Anna (099a); * 31/12 1569; † 19/02 1584;
4.   Isabella (099); * 30/09 1571; † 08/08 1572;
5.   Maria (099b); * 26/04 1573 or 1575; † 03/07 or 04/07 1642;
     m 17/12 1600 Henry IV of France; * 13/12 1553; † 14/05 1610;
6.   Filippo (099c); * 20/05 1577; † 29/03 1582;
7.   Lucrezia; * 07/11 1572; † 14/08 1574;

Bianca Capello; * 1548; † 1587; m(2) 5/6 1578;
child :
8.   Antonio; * 29/08 1576; † 02/05 1621; (Yes, born before marriage);
087 1549-1609 1587-1609 Ferdinando di Cosimo de Medici; Grand Duke of Tuscany; Cardinal; = Il duca di Firenze Ferdinand I;
s(076); * 30/07 1549; † 17/02 1609;
Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1587 to 1609;

Christine Renata of Lorraine (192); * 16/8 1565; † 19/12 1637; m 3/5 1589;
children :
1.   Cosimo II (110); * 12/5 1590; † 28/2 1621;
2.   Eleonora (112); * 10/11 1591; † 22/11 1617;
3.   Caterina (111); * 2/5 1593; † 17/4 1629;
     m 17/2 1617 Ferdinando I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua; * 26/4 1587; † 29/10 1626;
4.   Francesco (113); * 14/5 1594; † 17/4 1614;
5.   Carlo (114); * 19/3 1595 or 1596; † 17/6 1666; Bishop of Ostia and Cardinal;
6.   Filippo; * 9/4 1598; † 1/4 1662;
7.   Maria Maddalena (115); * 1/8 1600; † 28/12 1633 or 1635;
8.   Lorenzo (116); * 1599; † 1648;
9.   Claudia (117); * 4/6 1604; † 25/12 1648;
     m(1) 1621 Federigo della Rovere, Urbino; * 16/5 1605; † 28/6 1623;
     m(2) 19/4 1626 Leopold V / XI of Austria, Archduke; * 9/10 1586; † 13/9 1632;
110 1590-1621 1609-1621 Cosimo di Ferdinando de Medici; Cosimo II of Tuscany;
s(087); * 12/5 1590; † 28/2 1621;
Grandduke of Tuscany from 1609 to 1621;

Maria Maddalena of Austria = Marie-Madeleine; * 7/10 1589; † 1/11 1631;
m 19/10 1608; d Emperor Ferdinand II;
children :
1.   Maria Christina = Christiana (121); * 24/8 1609; † 9/8 1632;
2.   Ferdinando (120); * 14/7 1610; † 23/5 1670;
3.   Gian Carlo = Giovanni Carlo (122); * 13/4 or 24/7 1611; † 23/1 1663; Bishop of Sabina and Cardinal;
4.   Margherita (123); * 31/5 1612; † 6/2 1679;
     m 11/10 1628 Odoardo I of Farnese, Duke of Parma; * 28/4 1612; † 11/9 1646; they got:
     a) Ranuccio II of Farnese, 1630-1694; they got:
      i) Odoardo II, who got:
       A) Elisabeth of Farnese, who m Filippo di Spagna, 1683-1746.
       they got:
       Duke Filippo of Parma and Piacenza, 1720-1765/66 who
       m Marie Louise, d of Louis XV of France.
5.   Mattias = Mattia = Matteo (124); * 9/5 1613; † 14/10 1667;
6.   Francesco (125); * 16/10 1614; † 25/7 1634;
7.   Anna (126); * 21/7 1616; † 11/9 1676;
     m 10/6 1646 Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria = Ferdinand von Tirol; * 17/5 1628; † 30/12 1662;
8.   Leopoldo (127); * 6/11 1617; † 10/11 1675; became a Cardinal;

The case against Galileo is carried out in Cosimo II's time.
120 1610-1670 1621-1670 Ferdinando di Cosimo de Medici; Ferdinando II of Tuscany;
s(110); * 14/7 1610; † 24/5 or 27/5 1670; ‡ San Lorenzo, Florence;
5th Duke of Tuscany;
Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1621 to 1670;

Vittoria della Rovere; heiress to the duchy of Urbino; * 7/2 1622; † 6/3 1695; m 26/9 1633 or 1634;
children :
1.   Cosimo = Cosimino; * 19/12 1639 ca.; † 21/12 1639;
2.   child; * 1641; † 1641;
3.   Cosimo III (130); * 14/8 1642; † 31/10 1723;
4.   Francesco Maria (131); * 12/11 1660; † 3/2 1711;
     m 14/7 1709 Eleonora Luisa Gonzaga; * 13/11 1686; † 16/3 1742; d Duke Vincenzo of Guastalla and Sabbioneta;

In Ferdinando II's time the trouble with Galileo continued;
130 1642-1723 1670-1723 Cosimo di Ferdinando de medici; Cosimo III of Tuscany;
s(120); * 14/8 1642; † 31/10 1723;
Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1670 to 1723;

Margherita = Marguerite-Louise of Orleans; * 28/7 1645; † 17/9 1721; m 20/6 1661;
marriage dissolved / separated 1674; d Gaston d'Orleans;
children :
1.   Ferdinando; The Grand Prince; * 9/8 1663; † 31/10 1713;
     m 21/11 1688 Violante Beatrice of Bavaria (Bav. 920-7); * 23/1 1673; † 30/5 1731;
      no Children;
2.   Gian Gastone = Giovan Gastone (141); * 24/5 1671; † 9/7 1737;
     m 2/7 1697 Anna Maria Francesca of Saxe-Lauenburg; * 13/6 1672; † 15/10 1741;
Gian became the last Duke from 1723 to 1737, when the Habsburg-Lorraine Dynasty became rulers with Emperor Francis I;
3.   Anna Maria Luisa di Cosimo de Medici (142); * 11/8 1667; † 18/2 1743;
     m 5/6 1691 William Elector Palatine = Johann Wilhelm von Pfalz; * 19/4 1658; † 18/6 1716;


Updated/Opdateret d. 1.10.2012
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