Cosimo de' Medici

This article is about the founder of the Medici dynasty. For the Grand Duke of Tuscany, see Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici
Portrait by Bronzino
Lord of Florence
Reign5 September 1434 – 1 August 1464
PredecessorRinaldo degli Albizzi
SuccessorPiero the Gouty
Full name
Còsimo di Giovanni degli Mèdici
Born27 September 1389
Florence, Republic of Florence
Died1 August 1464(1464-08-01) (aged 74)
Careggi, Republic of Florence
Noble familyMedici
Spouse(s)Contessina de' Bardi
Issue
FatherGiovanni di Bicci de' Medici
MotherPiccarda Bueri

Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici, called "the Elder" (Italian: il Vecchio) and posthumously "Father of the Fatherland" (Latin: pater patriae) (10 April 1389 – 1 August 1464), was an Italian banker and politician, the first member of the Medici political dynasty that served as de facto rulers of Florence during much of the Italian Renaissance.

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