Filippo Strozzi the Younger

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Filippo Strozzi , called il Giovane (the younger), actually Giovan Battista Strozzi (born January 4, 1489 , † December 18, 1538 ) was a member of the Florentine patrician family Strozzi .

Filippo Strozzi (the younger)

Life

He was the son of the elder Filippo Strozzi and was married to Clara de 'Medici (1493–1528), a sister of Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici .

However - after initial support - he opposed his hegemony and was then one of the leaders in the successful uprising of 1527: When he, but above all his wife, threw her weight on the scales against the Medici, and the magistrates then voted for their exclusion Speaking of power, Silvio Passerini , Ippolito de 'Medici and Alessandro de' Medici left the city on May 17, 1527.

When Alessandro returned in 1530, Filippo Strozzi withdrew to Venice , then took over the leadership of a group of exiled republicans after Alessandro's murder on January 6, 1537 in order to recapture the city. However, he was beaten, captured and tortured by Alessandro's heir Cosimo I de 'Medici , and ultimately committed suicide.

  • Coat of arms of the Strozzi family

  • Palazzo Strozzi (Florence)

See also

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The small encyclopedia , Encyclios-Verlag, Zurich, 1950, volume 2, page 695
personal data
SURNAME Strozzi, Filippo the Younger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strozzi, Filippo; Strozzi, Filippo il Giovane; Strozzi, Giovan Battista (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Member of the Strozzi family
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1489
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 1538