Cosimo de' Medici

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Cosimo de' Medici
Portrait bi Bronzino
Laird o Florence
Reign5 September 1434 – 1 August 1464
PredecessorRinaldo degli Albizzi
SuccessorPiero the Gouty
Full name
Cosimo de' Mèdici
Born27 September 1389(1389-09-27)
Florence, Republic o Florence
Dee'd1 August 1464(1464-08-01) (aged 74)
Careggi, Republic o Florence
Noble faimilyMedici
Spoose(s)Contessina de' Bardi
Issue
FaitherGiovanni de' Medici
MitherPiccarda Bueri

Cosimo de' Medici (27 September 1389 – 1 August 1464) wis the first o the Medici poleetical dynasty, de facto rulers o Florence during much o the Italian Renaissance; kent as "Cosimo 'the Elder'" ("il Vecchio") an "Cosimo Pater Patriae" (Laitin: 'faither o the naition') an aw.