Person:Giovanni de' Medici (3)

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Giovanni de' Medici
b.13 May 1563
d.19 Jul 1621
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Name Giovanni de' Medici
Gender Male
Birth[1] 13 May 1563 House of Medici
Death[1] 19 Jul 1621
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Don Giovanni de' Medici (13 May 1567, in Florence – 19 July 1621, in Murano) was an Italian military commander, diplomat and architect.

Medici was born the illegitimate son of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Eleonora degli Albizzi. Medici was later legitimated by his father.

He was born 5 years after the death of his brother, Giovanni, and was given the same name. He moved to Spain where he began his military career.

In 1598 he was a Grandee of Spain and Florentine ambassador in Madrid. In 1600 he was Master of the Field for the Imperial army, but his most important appointment was as Commander-in-Chief of the army of the Republic of Venice (1616–1617).

He married Livia del Vernazza, with whom he had two sons; Gianfrancesco Maria (1619–1689) and another that was born but died as an infant.

Giovanni was also a painter and an architect, and collaborated with Matteo Nigetti in the design of the Principi Chapel for the church of San Lorenzo in Florence. On his return home he caught the smallpox at Padova. He died at Murano in 1621.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Giovanni de' Medici (1563-1621), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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