Cosimo de' Medici
27 September 1389 – 1 August 1464
Florentine banker and statesman who founded the Medici political dynasty and became the leading patron of the early Renaissance.
Lived at the same time
Well-documented people whose lives overlapped with Cosimo de' Medici.
- Donatello (1386–1466) Overlapped 75 years →
- Henry the Navigator (1394–1460) Overlapped 66 years →
- Ewuare the Great (1400–1473) Overlapped 64 years →
- Johannes Gutenberg (1400–1468) Overlapped 64 years →
- Nezahualcoyotl (1402–1472) Overlapped 62 years →
- Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472) Overlapped 60 years →
Life events
Birth
✓
Relocation
✓
Career
✓
Sponsored Marsilio Ficino and the revival of Platonic studies in Florence
c. 1462
Achievement
?
Died at Careggi, near Florence
1 August 1464
The city posthumously honored him with the title Pater Patriae, father of the fatherland.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Death
✓