Ottaviano de' Medici, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ottaviano de' Medici

Italian politician

Date of Birth: 11-Jul-1484

Date of Death: 28-May-1546

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Ottaviano de' Medici

  • Ottaviano de' Medici (11 July 1484 – 28 May 1546) was an Italian politician.
  • He was the ancestor of the Princes of Ottajano line of the Medici family. From a minor branch of the Medici family, he gained prominence through his marriage to Francesca Salviati, a granddaughter of Lorenzo de' Medici and Ottaviano's own distant cousin.He held several important positions in Florence, including that of Gonfaloniere di Giustizia, although now a merely formal one after the suppression of the Republic by the Spanish troops in 1530.
  • He was also Senator from 1532.
  • He was trusted by Alessandro de' Medici with administrating the family's Tuscan estates.His son Alessandro was cardinal and, from 1605, pope as Leo XI.
  • His other son Bernadetto founded the southern Italian line of the family by acquiring the seigniory of Ottaviano, near Naples.

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