The pathway was constructed in 1565 for Duke of Florence Cosimo I de’ Medici of the Medici dynasty, which ruled Florence for over 300 years. It connects three of the city’s landmarks — the ...

Caterina Maria Romola di Lorenzo de Medici was born in Florence on 13 April 1519. Her father was Lorenzo de Medici, Duke of Urbino and ruler of Florence and her mother was Madeleine de la Tour d ...

Clement took a black slave girl as a mistress. Their child, Allessandro, became the first black head of state when he was made Duke of Florence in 1530. But he met a sticky end - stabbed to death ...

Catherine Fletcher looks at whether he was mixed race. Show more For over 400 years it's been claimed that the first Medici Duke of Florence was mixed race, his mother a slave of African descent.

who ruled Florence in the second half of the 15th century, and the shell-shaped lapis lazuli cup belonging to the first grand duke of Tuscany, Cosimo I. The museum also illustrates the evolution ...