Gian Giacomo Medici
Gian Giacomo Medici (* around 1495 in Milan ; † November 8, 1555 in Milan), also known as Giovanni Giacomo Medici , Il Medeghino (the little Medici) or Il Marignano , was an Italian condottiere , Duke of Marignano and Marquis of Musso and Lecco .
family
Gian Giacomo Medici was the son of an impoverished Milanese family who were not related to the Medici from Florence . He was the oldest of ten children from the marriage of Bernardino dei Medici di Nosiggia and Cecilia Serbelloni. His brother Giovanni Angelo became Pope of the Catholic Church as Pius IV from 1559 to 1565 .
Life
After a completed publicly revenge killing Gian Giacomo Medici was banished from Milan and gathered at Lake Como on the castle Musso a gang of brigands around. Traces of the Marquis Giacomo di Medici can still be found in the area today. He even lived in Porlezza commune once . In the main church of Cima , which also belongs to the municipality of Porlezza, a stone relief can still be found today as a witness. The relief shown shows the Lion of San Marco, a symbol of the alliance between Gian Giacomo Medici and the former Republic of Venice . It was hung there to honor Gian Giacomo's achievements in promoting the unity of Italy. Despite his insurgent past, he became a loyal supporter of the royal family. A description of the relief is directly on a sign next to the relief. Gian Giacomo had a residence in Cima, in a place where there is now a hotel, which is probably not called Parco San Marco by chance.
He hired himself and his people as bodyguards for Francesco II. Sforza and unscrupulously supported him in the struggle for rule in Milan. In the course of his services he got the title Duke of Marignano and Marquis of Musso and Lecco . The Medeghino was a seasoned mercenary leader and also fought on the side of the allies of Sforza. From his seat in Musso Castle on Lake Como, between 1525 and 1532 he triggered two wars with the Three Leagues and the Confederation, the so-called Müsserkriege , which ended with Gian Giacomo Medici exchanging Musso Castle for an estate in Marignano and financial Had to give up compensation. He fought for Charles V in the Battle of Mühlberg and in France in the Huguenot Wars and in the Netherlands.
He carried out his last military activities on behalf of Cosimo I de 'Medici during the siege of Siena from 1554 to April 1555. He won in the decisive battle of Scannagallo ( Battaglia di Scannagallo , also called Battaglia di Marciano ) between Marciano della Chiana and Foiano della Chiana a victory against his adversary Piero Strozzi on the Senese side.
The engineer Agostino Ramelli was one of his close friends .
literature
- Massimo Carlo Giannini: MEDICI, Giovanni Giacomo (detto il Medeghino). In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 73: Meda-Messadaglia. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2009.
Web links
- Tabular, detailed curriculum vitae, Italian language
- 'Como and il Medeghino' in John A. Symonds: Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, complete. New Edition, London, 1914 digitized as part of Project Gutenberg.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Massimo Carlo Giannini in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
- ^ A b Fausto Landi: Gli ultimi anni della Repubblica di Siena 1525–1555. Edizioni Cantagalli, Siena 1994, p. 173 ff.
- ^ Ettore Pellegrini: La caduta della Repubblica di Siena. Part II: la guerra. nuova immagine editrice, Siena 2007, ISBN 88-7145-248-8 , p. 139 ff.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Medici, Gian Giacomo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Medici, Giovanni Giacomo; Il Medeghino; Il Marignano |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian condottiere, Duke of Marignano and Marquis of Musso and Lecco |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1495 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 8, 1555 |
| Place of death | Milan |