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Marie Dei Medici Queen of France, descendant of Alenssandro Dei Medici,
Duke Of Florence Italy. Source
Bibliotheque Nationale Paris. Below Alenssandro Dei Medici, Duke Of Florence
Italy.
 1513
- Election of Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici, son of Lorenzo the Magnificent,
as Pope Leo X.
1515 - Triumphal entry of Leo X into Florence.
1519 - Cardinal Giulio de' Medici, created Archbishop of Florence and
effectively its governor. Birth of Cosimo de' Medici, future first Grand
Duke of Tuscany.
1520 - Cardinal Giulio de' Medici initiates building of new Medici sacrisity
at San Lorenzo, its architecture and sculpture to be designed by Michelangelo.
1522 - Election of Cardinal Giulio de' Medici as Pope Clement VII, he
died in 1534
1527 - Sack of Rome by inperial troops of the Emperor Charles V.
The Medici expelled from Florence and the republic restored.
1529 - Peace between Emperor Charles V and Pope Clement VII, whose combined
forces besiege Florence in the Medici cause.
1530 - Florence eventually surrenders.
1531 - Charles V declares Alessandro de' Medici head of government in
Florence and in the next year made him Duke of the Florentine Republic.
1537 - Assassination of Duke Alessandro. The ruling circle of Florence
nominates the young Cosimo de' Medici as head of government, and he is
confirmed by Charles V as Duke.
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