Virginia de' Medici [SEP] mother
Life.
Life Early years.
Born in Florence on 29 May 1568, Virginia was the illegitimate daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his mistress Camilla Martelli. Her paternal grandparents were the famous condottiere Giovanni dalle Bande Nere and his wife Maria Salviati (in turn the granddaughter of Lorenzo the Magnificent) and her maternal grandparents were Antonio Martelli and Fiammetta Soderini, both members of the most important families among the Florentine patricians.
Virginia was born after the formal resignation of her father of the
’ Medici (9 May 1513 – 1523)
- Niccolò Ridolfi (11 Jan 1524 – 11 Oct 1532 Resigned)
- Andrea Buondelmonti (1532–1542)
- Niccolò Ridolfi, second term (1453–1548)
- Antonio Altoviti (25 May 1548 – 28 Dec 1573 Died)
- Alessandro Ottaviano de’ Medici (15 Jan 1574 –1605)
- Alessandro Marzi de’ Medici (1605–1630)
- Cosimo de' Bardi (9 Sep 1630 – 18 Apr 1631 Died)
- Pietro Niccolini (7