Giovanni De' Medici

Giovanni de' Medici may refer to:

  • Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici (1360-1429) (founder of the Medici dynasty)
  • Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici (1421-1463) (second son of Cosimo the Elder)
  • Pope Leo X, Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, (1475-1521) (Pope Leo X)
  • Giovanni de' Medici il Popolano, (1467-1498) husband of Caterina Sforza, Lady of Imola and Forlì
  • Giovanni dalle Bande Nere,(1498-1526) (son of Caterina Sforza, Lady of Imola and Forlì
  • Giovanni de' Medici (cardinal) (1544–1562) (second son of Cosimo I)
  • Don Giovanni de' Medici (1563-1621), illegitimate son of Cosimo I

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