Cosimo the Elder

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:nobleman
gptkb:person
banker
de facto ruler of Florence
gptkbp:birthDate 1389-09-27
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Cosimo_di_Giovanni_de'_Medici
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Florence
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Basilica_of_San_Lorenzo,_Florence
gptkbp:child gptkb:Giovanni_de'_Medici_(1421–1463)
gptkb:Piero_di_Cosimo_de'_Medici
gptkbp:deathDate 1464-08-01
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Careggi,_Republic_of_Florence
gptkbp:era gptkb:Italian_Renaissance
gptkbp:exiledTo gptkb:Padua
1433
gptkbp:father gptkb:Giovanni_di_Bicci_de'_Medici
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Medici_Library
gptkb:Medici_political_dynasty
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Medici
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cosimo the Elder
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Lorenzo_de'_Medici
Florentine politics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Giovanni_di_Bicci_de'_Medici
gptkbp:knownFor patronage of the arts
expanding the Medici Bank
founding the Medici political dynasty
gptkbp:legacy established Medici as leading family in Florence
major patron of Renaissance art and culture
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Piccarda_Bueri
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Pater_Patriae
gptkbp:notableWork commissioning Palazzo Medici
commissioning San Marco monastery
support of Florence Cathedral dome
gptkbp:occupation banker
politician
gptkbp:patronage gptkb:Fra_Angelico
gptkb:Marsilio_Ficino
gptkb:Donatello
gptkb:Filippo_Brunelleschi
gptkb:Michelozzo
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Giovanni_di_Bicci_de'_Medici
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:returnedTo 1434
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Contessina_de'_Bardi
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Piero_di_Cosimo_de'_Medici
gptkbp:title gptkb:Lord_of_Florence
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pontormo
gptkb:Cosimo_de'_Medici
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6