The family consolidated political power in the Republic of Florence under Cosimo de’ Medici and his grandson Lorenzo the Magnificent during the first half of the 15th century. The Medici Bank ...

A 16th-century Florentine noblewoman, Lisa Gherardini was the wife of a successful silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo. But was she also the subject of the Mona Lisa? Many scholars believe she ...

The Albizzi were one of the oldest families in Florence and led the republican government for two generations. By 1427, they were the most powerful family in the city, and far richer than the Medici.