Bernadetto de' Medici
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Bernadetto de' Medici was an Italian
patrician who moved from Florence
to Naples
.
A member to a secondary branch of the Medici Family (the one later called of the Princes of Ottaiano
), he was the son of Ottaviano de' Medici
and Bartolomeo Giugni. In 1559 he married Giulia de' Medici
, the illegitimate daughter of Duke Alessandro de' Medici (22 July 1510-6 January 1536/37) by Taddea Malespina.
In 1567 he bought the signiory of Ottaiano in the Kingdom of Naples
, and moved there, probably due to strife with Grand Duke Cosimo I. He died in Naples after 1576.
His son Alessandro (died 1606) was Lord of Ottaiano and General of the Papal States. His descendants unsuccessfully claimed the title of Grand Duke of Tuscany after the extinction of the main branch of the Medici.
The Medici of Ottaiano are still living.
Italy
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patrician who moved from Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
to Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
.
A member to a secondary branch of the Medici Family (the one later called of the Princes of Ottaiano
Ottaviano
Ottaviano is a comune in the Province of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 20 km east of Naples and is located in the Vesuvian Area. Ottaviano was in Roman times a hamlet of houses within a vast estate belonging to the gens Octavia, Augustus's family...
), he was the son of Ottaviano de' Medici
Ottaviano de' Medici
Ottaviano de' Medici was an Italian politician and statesman, ancestor of the Princes of Ottaiano line of the Medici family....
and Bartolomeo Giugni. In 1559 he married Giulia de' Medici
Giulia de' Medici
Giulia Romola di Alessandro de' Medici was the illegitimate, possibly biracial, daughter of Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence and his mistress Taddea Malaspina....
, the illegitimate daughter of Duke Alessandro de' Medici (22 July 1510-6 January 1536/37) by Taddea Malespina.
In 1567 he bought the signiory of Ottaiano in the Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of Naples
The Kingdom of Naples, comprising the southern part of the Italian peninsula, was the remainder of the old Kingdom of Sicily after secession of the island of Sicily as a result of the Sicilian Vespers rebellion of 1282. Known to contemporaries as the Kingdom of Sicily, it is dubbed Kingdom of...
, and moved there, probably due to strife with Grand Duke Cosimo I. He died in Naples after 1576.
His son Alessandro (died 1606) was Lord of Ottaiano and General of the Papal States. His descendants unsuccessfully claimed the title of Grand Duke of Tuscany after the extinction of the main branch of the Medici.
The Medici of Ottaiano are still living.