Jean de Médicis (1360-1429)

See also: Jean de Médicis

Jean de Médicis ( Giovanni de' Medici ), called di Bicci , was born in 1360 with Florence, and is deceased the February 20th 1429, at the 69 years age.

It is the founder of powerful and famous dynasty of the Médicis of Florence; the father of Cosme de Médicis ( Lord's Prayer Patriae ), and the great-grandfather of Laurent de Médicis Splendid the. It was itself the son (single?) of Averardo de Médicis, by the way which very few things are known.

He married Piccarda de Bueri and had at least four children:

Antoine de Médicis (?? - 1398)
Damien de Médicis (?? - 1390)
Cosme de Médicis Old the (1389 - 1464)
Laurent de Médicis Old the (1395 - 1440) (not to be confused with Laurent Splendid the)

In 1408, with Florence, it increases considerably the assets of its family. Warned tradesman, it actively directs a company which counts two subsidiary companies in 1408 (Venice and Rome) and eight of more to his apogee (Naples, Pisa, Milan, Geneva, Lyon, Avignon, Bruges and London). In addition to the workshops of weaving of wool and silk, it develops its banking while agreeing of enormous loans to the sovereigns and to the pope (of which Jean XXII). At the end of its life, 90% of its incomes come from the bank and 10% from the trade, and the subsidiary companies took an importance quite higher than that of the head office.

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