Ippolito de 'Medici
Ippolito de 'Medici (born April 19, 1511 in Florence , † August 10, 1535 in Itri ) was the illegitimate only son of Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici (1479-1516), Duke of Nemours .
Life
Ippolito's mother was Pacifica Brandano. When Emperor Charles V sacked the city of Rome in 1527, the Florentines took advantage of the unrest in Italy to drive out the Medici and rebuild the republic. Alessandro de 'Medici (the son of the late Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici , but perhaps also of Pope Clement VII , the former Giulio de 'Medici, the current head of the Medici family ), Ippolito and most of their followers fled.
On January 10, 1529, the 17-year-old Ippolito de 'Medici was appointed Archbishop of Avignon with papal dispensation from the requirement of the canonical age , at the same time the Pope created him cardinal priest with the titular church of Santa Prassede . However , Ippolito never received the consecration .
When Clement VII made peace with the emperor, the republic was overthrown with the help of imperial troops after a lengthy siege, and the Medici returned to power in the summer of 1530. Ippolito initially ruled the city in the name of the Pope as head of the Medici family, who however increasingly favored Alessandro as lord of the city. Clemens made Ippolito cardinal priest with the titular church of San Lorenzo in Damaso on January 10, 1529 , sent him as his envoy to Hungary and handed the city over to the 19-year-old Alessandro, who had been appointed duke.
In 1535 the Florentine opposition sent Ippolito de 'Medici to the Emperor Charles because of some of the Duke's actions, Ippolito died on the way and the rumor was spread that he had been poisoned on Alessandro's orders.
Fiction
- Susan Hicks Beach: A Medici Cardinal. The memoirs of the unknown mother of Cardinal Ippolito de 'Medici. Rowohlt, Berlin 1938.
literature
- Irene Fosi, Guido Rebecchini: Medici, Ippolito de '. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 73: Meda-Messadaglia. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2009.
Web links
- Medici, Ippolito de '. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed August 4, 2016.
- Entry on Ippolito de 'Medici on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on August 4, 2016.
- Biography on www.cyranos.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ to Miranda ( #Weblinks ); Fosi / Rebecchini state in the DBI ( #Literature ) March 1511 as their date of birth and Urbino as their place of birth.
- ↑ Fosi / Rebecchini in the DBI, see #Literature .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Orlando Carretto della Rovere |
Archbishop of Avignon 1517–1535 |
Alessandro Farnese the Younger |
| Giulio de Medici |
Lord of Florence 1523–1527 |
Republic until 1530 |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Medici, Ippolito de ' |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Son of Giuliano di Lorenzo de Medici, Archbishop of Avignon and Cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1511 or April 19, 1511 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | unsure: Urbino or Florence |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 1535 |
| Place of death | Itri |