Don Giovanni de' Medici, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Don Giovanni de' Medici

Italian military commander and diplomat

Date of Birth: 23-May-1567

Place of Birth: Florence, Tuscany

Date of Death: 19-Jul-1621

Profession: architect, diplomat, condottiero

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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 of Eleonora of 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 posthumously 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.

Dominicus Custos (1560–1612)
Alternative names	Dominique De Coster; Dominique de Coster; Dominik Custos; Dominique Balten; Dominicus Custodis; Dominicus De Coster; Dominicus de Coster
Description	Flemish printer and copperplate engraver
Date of birth/death	1560	1612
Location of birth/death	Antwerp	Augsburg
Work location	Antwerp, Augsburg
Authority control	: Q3657264 VIAF: 106966812 ISNI: 0000 0001 0655 9364 ULAN: 500019929 LCCN: n85194984 GND: 122235800 WorldCat