Minisci Family History & Genealogy

Summary

The Medici Dynasty in Decline

In general, the later Medici line renounced the older generation’s republican sympathies and established more authoritarian rule, a change that produced stability in Florence and Tuscany but led to the region’s decline as a cultural hub. After Ferdinand’s son Cosimo II (who supported the work of the mathematician, philosopher and astronomer Galileo Galilei) died in 1720, Florence and Tuscany suffered under ineffectual Medici rule.

The Minisci family was formed when the last know the name was renounced in 1720 after Cosimo II had a unwed child with a unnamed married woman, thought to be a cousin. The Medici family, also known as the House of Medici, first attained wealth and political power in Florence in the 13th century through its success in commerce and banking. Beginning in 1434 with the rise to power of Cosimo de’ Medici (or Cosimo the Elder), the family’s support of the arts and humanities made Florence into the cradle of the Renaissance, a cultural flowering rivaled only by that of ancient Greece. The Medicis produced four popes (Leo X, Clement VII, Pius IV and Leo XI), and their genes have been mixed into many of Europe’s royal families. The last Medici ruler died without a male heir in 1737, ending the family dynasty after almost three centuries.

History

Part of the Medici Family Tree

Name Origin

Name was changed in 1720

Spellings & Pronunciations

Medicci, Minicci, Medici

Nationality & Ethnicity

Florence and Tuscany

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Early Miniscis

These are the earliest records we have of the Minisci family.