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| Giovanni de' Medici | |
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| Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church | |
_-_Cardinale_Giovanni_di_Cosimo_I_de%2527_Medici%2c_Arcivescovo_di_Pisa.jpg) Giovanni de' Medici | |
| Born | 29 September 1543 Florence,Republic of Florence |
| Died | (1562-11-20)20 November 1562 (aged 19) Livorno, Republic of Florence |
| Burial | |
| House | House of Medici |
| Father | Cosimo I |
| Mother | Eleanor of Toledo |
| Religion | Catholicism |
Giovanni di Cosimo I de' Medici (29 September 1543 – 20 November 1562), also known asGiovanni de' Medici the Younger, was an Italiancardinal.
He was born inFlorence, the second son ofCosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, andEleanor of Toledo. While his elder brotherFrancesco went on to a political and military career, Giovanni had reserved for him the ecclesiastical career.
He was the subject of two famous portraits byBronzino, one as an infant andanother of some years later, together with Eleonora of Toledo (although the subject of the latter has been identified also as Francesco or Garzia).
Aged only sixteen, after having already been madeArchbishop of Pisa, Giovanni was created cardinal ofSanta Maria in Domnica, byPope Pius IV in the consistory of 31 January 1560.
Probably already suffering fromtuberculosis, Giovanni died inLivorno two years after he was made a cardinal, from an attack ofmalaria. His mother and his brotherGarzia died of the same illness a few days after him.
Centuries after his death, a myth arose to the effect that Garzia had killed Giovanni, following a dispute in 1562. In turn, their father Cosimo was supposed to have killed Garzia in a rage with his own sword. However, exhumations in 1857 showed no signs of violence on the bodies and it was concluded that they had both died of malaria in 1562.[1]
Cosimo had another son in 1563 whom he also named Giovanni (he is best known asDon Giovanni de' Medici).
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