Ottaviano de' Medici was an Italian

Italy

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 politician and statesman, ancestor of the Princes of Ottaiano line of the Medici family.

He held several important positions in Florence

Florence

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, including that of Gonfaloniere di Giustizia, although now a merely formal one after the suppression of the Republic by the Spanish troops in 1530. He was also Senator from 1532.

His son Alessandro was cardinal and, from 1605, pope as Leo XI

Pope Leo XI

Pope Leo XI , born Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici, was Pope from 1 April 1605 to 27 April of the same year.-Biography:...

. His other son Bernadetto

Bernadetto de' Medici

Bernadetto de' Medici was an Italian patrician who moved from Florence to Naples.A member to a secondary branch of the Medici Family , he was the son of Ottaviano de' Medici and Bartolomeo Giugni...

 founded the southern Italian line of the family by acquiring the seigniory of Ottaiano, near Naples

Naples

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