Gian Giacomo Medici (c. 1495 – 8 November 1555) was an Italian condottiero, Duke of Marignano and Marquess of Musso and Lecco in Lombardy. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration The' Italian people' are a Southern European Ethnic group located primarily in Italy, Switzerland, France and by virtue of a wide-ranging Condottieri (singular condottiero, rarely condottiero) were Mercenary leaders employed by the Italian City-states from the Late Middle Melegnano (formerly Marignano) is a town in Italy, in the Province of Milan, region of Lombardy. Musso is a small town in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy. Lecco is an Italian City of c 47000 inhabitants set in Lombardy, north of Milan, and is the capital of the Province of Lecco. Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the
Biography
Gian Giacomo Medici was the brother of Giovanni Angelo Medici, who was later to be elected Pope as Pius IV. Pope Pius IV ( March 31, 1499 &ndash December 9, 1565) born Giovanni Angelo Medici, was Pope from 1559 to 1565 They were scions of an impoverished though patrician family of Milan not connected with the Medici of Florence, in spite of the Medici heraldic palle appearing in the contemporary engraving (illustration): thus Gian Giacomo's nickname Il Medeghino, the "little medico".
Gian Giacomo, the eldest of fourteen children, was banished from Milan after a daring murder of revenge in broad daylight. He fled to Lake Como where he gathered about him a band of brigands answerable to none but him. Lake Como ( Lago di Como in Italian, also known as Lario; Lach de Comm in Insubric; Latin: Larius Lacus) is a He threw in his lot as bodyguard to the future Duke of Milan, Francesco II Sforza, reinstated in Milan by Emperor Charles V. The following is a list of rulers of Milan from the 13th century to 1859 when Milan and the rest of Lombardy were incorporated into the Kingdom of Francesco II Sforza ( February 4 1495 &ndash October 24 1535) also known as Francesco Maria Sforza, was the last Duke of Milan Charles V (24 February 1500 &ndash 21 September 1558 was The Medeghino gained a reputation for unscrupulous violence in the Sforza pay; in partial recompense, he was made Marquis of Marignano on 28 March 1528 (by Imperial patent and confirmed by Francesco Sforza II, Duke of Milan), and also Marquis of Musso and Lecco. The Battle of Marignano was a battle fought during the phase of the Italian Wars (1494&ndash1559 called the War of the League of Cambrai, that took place on Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. The following is a list of rulers of Milan from the 13th century to 1859 when Milan and the rest of Lombardy were incorporated into the Kingdom of Musso is a small town in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy. Lecco is an Italian City of c 47000 inhabitants set in Lombardy, north of Milan, and is the capital of the Province of Lecco.
Il Medeghino became a famous condottiere, or soldier of fortune, who fought in the pay of Charles V at the Battle of Mühlberg and elsewhere in Italy (the "War of Siena"), in the Wars of Religion in France and in the Low Countries. See also Leone Leoni (composer, (c 1560 - 1627. Leone Leoni (1509 — 22 July 1590) was an Italian sculptor of international Condottieri (singular condottiero, rarely condottiero) were Mercenary leaders employed by the Italian City-states from the Late Middle The Battle of Mühlberg was a large battle at Mühlberg in the German of Electorate of Saxony during the Protestant Reformation at which the Catholic princes The French Wars of Religion (1562 to 1598 between French Catholics and Protestants ( Huguenots involved both civil infighting The Low Countries, the historical region of de Nederlanden, are the countries on low-lying land around the delta of the Rhine, Scheldt The great engineer Agostino Ramelli trained with Gian Giacomo, who instructed him in mathematics and architecture [1]. Agostino Ramelli (1531 in Ponte Tresa or Mesanzena Italy – 1600 was an Engineer who designed the " Book wheel " or "reading
In 1543 he purchased the ancient fortified castle of Frascarolo in the Valceresio, which he converted into a sumptuous villa [2], and in the summer of 1545 he married Marzia Orsini, daughter of Ludovico Orsini, conte di Pitigliano. The Orsini family was one of the most celebrated princely families in medieval Italy and Renaissance Rome, and which in former times had large possessions He was made a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1555, also the year of his death. The Order of the Golden Fleece (Orden del Toisón de Oro is an Order of chivalry founded in 1430 by Duke Philip III of Burgundy to celebrate his marriage Il Medeghino is buried in the Duomo of Milan. Milan Cathedral (Italian Duomo di Milano; Milanese: Domm de Milan) is the Cathedral
Since his only son, Camillo (died after 1586), was illegitimate, though made a Knight of the Order of Malta, Gian Giacomo's honors passed to his brother Agosto (1501 – 1570). The Knights Hospitaller (also known as the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St
External links
- Medici di Marignano: genealogical notes