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By: Chris Blakley, Michael Rolf

Medici Family. By: Chris Blakley, Michael Rolf. The Duke by himself. The Duke of Urbino and is wife. Their ancestral home is in the Mugello valley.

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By: Chris Blakley, Michael Rolf

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  1. Medici Family By: Chris Blakley, Michael Rolf

  2. The Duke by himself The Duke of Urbino and is wife

  3. Their ancestral home is in the Mugello valley. • During the next two centuries the family, amassing a fortune through banking and trade, begins also to play a prominent part in Florence's political life. • The Medici Family made a fortune as wool and silk merchants and bankers. • They built alliances with other wealthy families, acquired important positions in the Church, and married into Europe's royal families.

  4. By 1434, Cosimo de Medici was powerful enough to take over Florence. • The Medici Family sponsord artists like Michelangelo, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci and so many more.

  5. Michelangelo Botticelli Leonardo da Vinci

  6. Impact • The Medici family members were very interested in the rebirth of learning in Europe and under their patronage the Renaissance flourished.

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