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    Pope Clement VII (Latin: Clemens VII; Italian: Clemente VII; born Giulio de' Medici; 26 May 1478 – 25 September 1534) was head of the Catholic Church and...
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    Genève; 1342 – 16 September 1394) was elected to the papacy as Clement VII (French: Clément VII) by the cardinals who opposed Pope Urban VI and was the first...
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    Charles V intending to only use the threat of military action to make Pope Clement VII come to his terms, a largely unpaid Imperial army formed by 14,000 Germans...
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    produced four popes of the Catholic Church—Pope Leo X (1513–1521), Pope Clement VII (1523–1534), Pope Pius IV (1559–1565) and Pope Leo XI (1605)—and two...
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    Henry VIII (category Children of Henry VII of England)
    marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disagreement with Pope Clement VII about such an annulment led Henry to initiate the English Reformation...
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    continued for decades including the Medici papacies of Pope Leo X and Pope Clement VII. Despite pauses and turbulence in the relationship between Michelangelo...
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  • Antipope (redirect from Pope Paul VII)
    elected antipope Clement VII as a rival to the Roman Pope – led eventually to two competing lines of antipopes: the Avignon line as Clement VII moved back to...
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  • canonize any saints. Pope Alexander VII canonized four saints. Pope Clement IX canonized three saints. Pope Clement X canonized eight saints. Pope Innocent...
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    Charles V was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Clement VII in the San Petronio Basilica in Bologna on 24 February 1530. He was the last Holy Roman Emperor...
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    four years as ruler of Florence, Giulio ascended to the papacy as Pope Clement VII. During Lorenzo's tenure, several branches of the family bank collapsed...
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    to marry Anne. After Wolsey failed to obtain an annulment from Pope Clement VII, it became clear the marriage would not be annulled by the Catholic Church...
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    League of Cognac, an alliance including the Kingdom of France, Pope Clement VII, the Republic of Venice, the Kingdom of England, the Duchy of Milan,...
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    group of French cardinals declared his election invalid and elected Clement VII as pope. After several attempts at reconciliation, the Council of Pisa...
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    events that led to England's schism with the Catholic Church. When Pope Clement VII refused to annul the marriage, Henry defied him by assuming supremacy...
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    after an 11-month siege of the city, aided by Emperor Charles V. Pope Clement VII, himself a Medici, appointed his relative Alessandro de' Medici as the...
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    to ordain Greek clergy. These provisions were later strengthened by Clement VII and Paul III and went far to settle the constant disputes between the...
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  • Clement VI (1342–1352) Pope Clement VII (1523–1534) Pope Clement VIII (1592–1605) Pope Clement IX (1667–1669) Pope Clement X (1670–1676) Pope Clement...
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    to Rome on 13 September 1376) The two Avignon-based antipopes were: Clement VII: 1378–1394 Benedict XIII: 1394–1423 (expelled from Avignon in 1403) Benedict...
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    A Psychoanalytic Study of his Life and Images, p. 59 C. Clément, Michelangelo, p. 7 C. Clément, Michelangelo, p. 9 J. de Tolnay, The Youth of Michelangelo...
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    obtained a coronation as King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from Pope Clement VII. In 1535, he took possession of Milan and captured Tunis. However, the...
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    believed him to be the illegitimate son of Giulio de' Medici (later Pope Clement VII), but at the time that was a minority view. Scipione Ammirato, the court...
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    Francis in 1536. Catherine's marriage was arranged by her uncle Pope Clement VII. During his reign, Henry excluded Catherine from state affairs and instead...
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    Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (Koinē Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Θεά Φιλοπάτωρ lit. Cleopatra "father-loving goddess"; 70/69 BC – 10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the...
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    vase for the bishop of Salamanca, which won him the approval of Pope Clement VII. Another celebrated work from Rome is the gold medallion of "Leda and...
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    become Pope Leo X, and his cousin Giulio, who would later become Pope Clement VII.: 7  Piero was educated to succeed his father as head of the Medici family...
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    Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January...
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    Fioretta Gorini, Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici, who would later become Pope Clement VII. The Pazzi conspirators attempted to lure Giuliano and Lorenzo away from...
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    Under Pope Clement VII (1523–34) he was named Cardinal Bishop of Ostia and Dean of the College of Cardinals. On the death of Clement VII in 1534, he...
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    James was the son of King James IV and Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England. During his childhood Scotland was governed by regents, firstly...
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  • Roman Emperor Charles V and Pope Clement VII, was signed in Barcelona on June 29, 1529. Charles V and Pope Clement VII declared their intent to bring peace...
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