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The Meici family was a powerful and influential Florentine family from the 13th to 17th century. The family produced three popes (Leo X, Clement VII, and Leo XI), numerous rulers of Florence (notably Lorenzo the Magnificent, patron of some of the most famous works of Renaissance art), and later members of the French and English royalty. Like other Signore families they dominated their city's government. They were able to bring Florence under their family's power, allowing for an environment where art and humanism could flourish. They led the birth of the Italian Renaissance along with the other great signore families of Italy like the Visconti and Sforza families of Milan, the Este of Ferrara, the Gonzaga of Mantua, and others.

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  • Though he left monastic life in 1432, Fra Filippo Lippi enjoyed the constant patronage of this family
  • The Florentine artist Bronzino served as court painter to Cosimo I of this famous family
  • The seat of the Italian senate since 1871, Rome's Madama Palace was once owned by this powerful family
  • Paolo Uccello's "The Battle of San Romano" was commissioned by a member of this family in the 1450s
  • In history, it follows "Catherine de"; near the Palais du Luxembourg, it follows "Rue de"
  • Last name of Ferdinand II, born in 1610 & the 5th Grand Duke of Tuscany, where his family name carried a lot of weight
  • This family's coat of arms is on buildings all around Florence, like the one seen here
  • This famous Italian dynasty ended in 1737 with the death of Gian Gastone, Grand Duke of Tuscany
  • Bianca Capello marred into this famed Florentine famliy by passing off another woman's baby as her own

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