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Cosimo I de' Medici

Type Figure Region Florence Time 1519–1574 Also known as Grand Duke Cosimo I、Cosimo I of the Medici

Medici ruler who governed Florence 1537–1574, became Grand Duke of Tuscany in 1569, turned the republic into a hereditary monarchy, strengthened cent…

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  1. 1537–1560Florence · TuscanyIn 1537 he succeeded as ruler of Florence, suppressed republican resistance, established a standing army and administrative bureaucracy, and shifted power from the oligarchic republican tradition to hereditary monarchical rule.
  2. 1560–1574Florence · TuscanyIn 1569 he received the title of Grand Duke from the pope and the emperor; through the 1560s and 1570s he continued expanding the Uffizi Palace and naval bases and promoted the incorporation of Siena and other territories, until his death in 1574.

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