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Name: Cosimo De Medici
Sex: M
Birth: 27 Sep 1389 in Florence ^b
Death: 1 Aug 1464 in Carcggi, near Florence ^d
Burial: Florence ^u

Parents:

Father:
Giovanni Di Bicci De Medici Birth: 1360 in Florence Death: 20 Feb 1429 in Florence

Mother:

Piccarda Bueri Birth: Abt 1368 in Verona Death: 19 Apr 1433 in Florence

Family:
Marriage:

Lotta De Bardi on Abt 1416 at Florence .^m1
Lotta De Bardi Birth: Abt 1391 Death: Before 24 Oct 1473

Children:

Piero De Medici Birth: 1416 in Florence Death: 2 Dec 1469 in Careggi

Bibliography

Moncreiffe, Sir Ian of that Ilk, Royal Highness: Ancestors of the Royal Child. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982. NYPL ARF 83-3293. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Moncreiffe RoyalAnc p[0-9]*].
Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, Medieval Heritage: The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England, The Genealogist, 2:157-68, 3:25-44, 3:175-94, 4:144-58, 5:64-72, 5:226-39, 6:100-3, 6:148-65, 7-8:137-43, 9:40-4, 10:73-85, 11:63-72, 11:184-93, 12:83-90, 12:250-6, 13:92-9, 13:252-6, 14:81-4, 14:207-10, 15:99-103, 15:220-4, 16:93-8, 16:227-31, 17:61-4, 17:250-5, 18:123-7, 18:228-31, 19:62-8, 19:251-5, 20:85-8, 20:184-90, 21:71-5, 21:250-4, 22:101-6, 22:186-91, 23:73-9, 23:203-8, 24:110-27, 24:239-54, 25:56-73, 25:214-32, 26:77-101, 26:202-26, 27:189, 28:90, 33:300. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Reprinted, with further corrections, as Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton & Gunn, 2012. NYPL ARF 13-5787. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v[0-9]*-[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v11-66],
place:: [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v11-66],
parents:: [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v20-189],
father:: [Ref: Moncreiffe RoyalAnc p86],
brother:: Lorenzo de Medici [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v05-226]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v11-66]; 1464 [Ref: Moncreiffe RoyalAnc p86],
place:: Carcggi, near Florence [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v11-66 (with correction in book p155)]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v11-66]

Sources with Information about marriage to Lotta De Bardi

date:: 1416/7 [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v11-66],
place:: [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v11-66],
child:: [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v11-66]

Research Notes:
called "pater Patriae" (father of his country) [Ref: Moncreiffe RoyalAnc p86, Thompson CharlesII v11-66 (with update in book p155)]

effective ruler of Florence in private [Ref: Moncreiffe RoyalAnc p86]

chief source of power in Florence, but preferred to work behind the scenes [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v11-66]

discreet, prudent, cultivated the new learning, greatly enriched and increased the prestige of Florence and his own house [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v11-66]

Pedigree of Cosimo De Medici
                   /-----Silvestro De Averardo de Medici
          /-----Averardo De Medici
         |         \-----Lisa De Sinibaldo Donati
/-----Giovanni Di Bicci De Medici
|        |         /-----Francesco Spini
|         \-----Giacoma De Francesco Spini
Cosimo De Medici
|                  /-----Jacopo Di Bartolo Di Jacopo Bueri
|         /-----Adovardo De Bartolo Bueri
|        |         \-----Francesca De Giachinotto Tornaquinci
\-----Piccarda Bueri
          \-----Ginevra Di Bartolo

Descendants of Cosimo De Medici

1. Cosimo De Medici m. Lotta De Bardi

m. Lotta De Bardi father: Alessandro Di Sozzo De Bardi, Count Of Vernio mother: Cammilla De Raniero Di Galdo Pannocchieschi

2+ Piero De Medici m. Lucrezia Tornabuoni

2nd generation

2. Piero De Medici m. Lucrezia Tornabuoni

m. Lucrezia Tornabuoni father: Francesco Di Simone Tornabuoni mother: Nanna De Niccolo De Lugi Guicciardini

3+ Lorenzo The Magnifico De MEDICI m. Clarice ORSINI

4+ Giulio De Medici m.

3rd generation

3. Lorenzo The Magnifico De MEDICI m. Clarice ORSINI

m. Clarice ORSINI father: Giacomo ORSINI, Lord Of Monterotondo mother: Maddalena ORSINI

5+ Lucrezia De Medici m. Jacopo Salviati