Lorenzo de' Medici, il Vecchio

Lorenzo the Elder

• Born c. 1395 Florence, Republic of Florence
• Died 23 September 1440 (aged 45) Careggi, Republic of Florence
• Noble family Medici
• Spouse(s) Ginevra Cavalcanti
• Issue Francesco de' Medici, Pierfrancesco the Elder
• Father Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici
• Mother Piccarda Bueri

Biography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_the_Elder

Lorenzo the Elder (c. 1395 – 23 September 1440) was an Italian banker of the House of Medici of Florence, the younger brother of Cosimo de' Medici the Elder and progenitor of the so-called "Popolani" ("populist, i.e. for the people") line of the family, named for a later generation whose members were supporters of the Florentine political activist Girolamo Savonarola.

Lorenzo followed his brother Cosimo in his military maneuvers at Ferrara, Verona and Vicenza. In 1433 he tried to muster an army to free Cosimo from imprisonment when the latter was arrested under the charge of tyranny. Later, he joined him at Venice and returned with him in Florence triumphantly after Cosimo's rehabilitation.

Though dedicating himself much to banking activity, Lorenzo held several positions in the Florentine Republic and was ambassador to Pope Eugene IV and the Republic of Venice. In 1435, he moved to Rome to oversee the affairs of the Medici Bank at the papal court.

Lorenzo the Elder was ancestor to all the Grand Dukes of Tuscany through his direct descendant Cosimo I de' Medici. He is also the ancestor to seven kings of France beginning with Louis XIII as a result of the marriage of Marie de' Medici to King Henry IV of France.

He died in the Medici Villa of Careggi[citation needed] in 1440 and was buried in the Basilica of San Lorenzo.

• http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORTHERN%20ITALY%20after%201400.htm...

GIOVANNI “di Bicci” de' Medici, son of AVERADO [III] de´ Medici & his [second wife Giacoma Spini] (1360-Florence 20 Feb 1429).  

 m PICCARDA de' Bueri, daughter of ODOARDO de' Bueri & his wife --- (-1432). 

Giovanni & his wife had four children:

4. LORENZO de' Medici (1395-villa di Carregi near Florence 23 Sep 1440).
m (1416) GINEVRA Cavalcanti, daughter of GIOVANNI Cavalcanti & his wife ---.

 children:   

• a) FRANCESCO (-before 1440). m MARIA Gualterotti, daughter of BARTOLOMEO Gualterotti & his wife ---.
• b) PIER FRANCESCO de' Medici (1431-murdered 28 Mar 1469). m (1456) LAUDOMIA Acciajuoli, daughter of GIACOPO Acciajuoli & his wife Costanza Bardi. Pier Francesco & his wife had two children:

References

• https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_il_Vecchio