Wangsa Medici: Perbedaan antara revisi

Sesudah lama sakit-sakitan, Paus Klemens VII tutup usia pada tahun 1534. Kematiannya mengakhiri stabilitas cabang utama keluarga Medici. Pada tahun 1535, Ippolito Cardinal de' Medici wafat tanpa sebab yang jelas. Pada tahun 1536, Alessandro de' Medici memperistri Margarita de Austri, putri Kaisar Karel V, tetapi tewas pada setahun kemudian, dibunuh saudara misannya sendiri, [[Lorenzino de' Medici]]. Kematian Alessandro dan Ippolito membuka jalan bagi cabang "junior" keluarga Medici menuju tampuk kekuasaan di Firenze.

 

Salah seorang sesepuh keluarga Medici yang menonjol pada abad ke-16 adalah Cosimo I. Meskipun mula-mula hanya tergolong orang kebanyakan di daerah [[Mugello]], Cosimo akhirnya berhasil menjadi penguasa seluruh [[Toskana]].<!-- Against the opposition of [[Catherine de' Medici]], [[Pope Paul III|Paul III]] and their allies, he prevailed in various battles to conquer Florence's hated rival [[Siena]] and found the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Cosimo purchased a portion of the island of [[Elba]] from the [[Republic of Genoa]] and based the Tuscan navy there. He died in 1574, succeeded by his eldest surviving son [[Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany|Francesco]], whose death without male heirs led to the succession of his younger brother, [[Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany|Ferdinando]], in 1587. Francesco married [[Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany|Johanna of Austria]], and with his consort produced [[Eleonora de' Medici]], Duchess of Mantua, and [[Marie de' Medici]], Queen of France and Navarre. Through Marie, all succeeding French monarchs (bar the [[House of Bonaparte|Napoleons]]) were descended from Francesco.