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    due to his dark complexion, Duke of Penne and the first Duke of the Florentine Republic (from 1532), was ruler of Florence from 1530 to his death in 1537...
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    Repubblica Fiorentina, rendered in English as Duke of the Florentine Republic or Duke of the Republic of Florence, was a title created in 1532 by Pope Clement...
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    duke of Florence from 1537 until 1569, when he became the first grand duke of Tuscany, a title he held until his death. Cosimo was born in Florence on...
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    de' Medici as Duke of the Florentine Republic, thereby transforming the Republic of Florence into a hereditary monarchy. The second Duke, Cosimo I, established...
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    September 1492 – 4 May 1519) was the ruler of Florence from 1516 until his death in 1519. He was also Duke of Urbino during the same period. His daughter...
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    declared Cosimo the first grand duke of Tuscany. The Medici ruled the Grand Duchy of Tuscany until 1737. The city of Florence was established in 59 BC by...
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    queens of France—Catherine de' Medici (1547–1559) and Marie de' Medici (1600–1610). In 1532, the family acquired the hereditary title Duke of Florence. In...
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    marriage to Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence. Margaret's mother, Johanna Maria van der Gheynst, a servant of Count Charles de Lalaing, Seigneur...
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    celebrate the marriage of Francesco de' Medici I to Grand Duchess Joanna of Austria. Cosimo I de' Medici was the Duke of Florence from 1537-1569 and responsible...
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  • The Great Duke of Florence is an early Caroline era stage play, a tragicomedy written by Philip Massinger, and first published in 1636. It has been called...
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    Giulio de' Medici (died 1600) (category House of Medici)
    the illegitimate son of Alessandro de' Medici, the Duke of Florence, and probably of Taddea Malaspina. Aged about four at the time of his father's assassination...
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    Tuscany, since 1434, first as Lords of Florence and later as Dukes. The title of Grand Duke, was in fact the second title of recognition within the Tuscan politics...
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    Florence (/ˈflɒrəns/ FLORR-ənss; Italian: Firenze [fiˈrɛntse] ) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city...
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    Duke of Florence, Christina of Lorraine, a granddaughter of Catherine de' Medici. The Spanish reaction was to construct a citadel on their portion of...
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    Florence (Italian: Firenze) weathered the decline of the Western Roman Empire to emerge as a financial hub of Europe, home to several banks including...
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    accompanied his cousin Alessandro, Duke of Florence, on a visit to Naples. Three years later, Cosimo, now Duke of Florence, was searching for a wife who could...
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    town hall of Florence, Italy. It overlooks the Piazza della Signoria, which holds a copy of Michelangelo's David statue, and the gallery of statues in...
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    slave" into the first duke of Florence", McFarland & Company, 1998, ISBN 0-7864-2071-5 Mara Wade, Gender Matters: Discourses of violence in early modern...
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  • Porzia de' Medici (category Nobility from Florence)
    illegitimate daughter of Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence and an unknown mother. She was born after the assassination of Alessandro and was placed...
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  • List of grand duchesses of Russia List of grand dukes of Russia Nobility Royal and noble ranks "Cosimo I | Duke of Florence & Tuscany, Grand Duke of Tuscany...
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    Giulia de' Medici (category Nobility from Florence)
    daughter of Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence and his mistress Taddea Malaspina. Following her father's assassination, she was reared at the court of Cosimo...
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    Florence Nightingale OM RRC DStJ (/ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl/; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing...
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    Lorenzino de' Medici (category 16th-century people from the Republic of Florence)
    dramatist, and a member of the Medici family. He became famous for assassinating his cousin, Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence in 1537. He was in turn...
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    Constance, della Gherardesca of Donoratico. Bernardetto married Giulia de' Medici, daughter of Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, descended from Cosimo...
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    Mother – widow, Leantio's mother Duke of Florence – Bianca's lover Lord Cardinal – brother to the Duke of Florence Fabritio – Isabella's father, who...
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    Stuart Martin (category Alumni of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)
    Masters of Florence (2016), Jamestown (2017–2019), and Miss Scarlet and The Duke (2020–2024). Martin studied drama at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland...
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    after which they were banished from Florence and later were restored by Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence. Jacopo's brother Benedetto Buonaparte...
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  • ("Life, Love, and Laughter"). Suddenly Alessandro, Duke of Florence, pardons Cellini, because the statue of a nymph he commissioned from the sculptor has not...
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    Medici – Duke of Florence; in Act V disguised as the Moor, Mulinassar. Brachiano – Otherwise Paulo Giordano Orsini, The Duke of Brachiano, husband of Isabella...
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    Florence on 14 February 1545, Lucrezia was the fifth child and third daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of Florence (and since 1569 Grand Duke of Tuscany)...
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