Strozzi family

The House of Strozzi is the name of an ancient (later noble)

Medici family, began in banking before moving into politics. Until its exile from Florence in 1434, the Strozzi family was by far the richest in the city, and was rivaled only by the Medici family, who ultimately took control of the government and ruined the Strozzi both financially and politically. This political and financial competition was the origin of the Strozzi-Medici rivalry. Later, while the Medici ruled Florence, the Strozzi family ruled Siena

, which Florence attacked, causing great animosity between the two families. Soon afterward, the Strozzi married into the Medici family, essentially giving the Medici superiority.

History

Palla Strozzi (1372–1462) neglected the family bank, but played an important part in the public life of Florence, and founded the first public library in Florence in the monastery of Santa Trinita, as well as commissioning the important Strozzi Altarpiece of the Adoration of the Magi by Gentile da Fabriano. He played a leading part in forcing the exile of Cosimo de' Medici in 1433,^[1] but after Cosimo's pardon a year later, was himself exiled, and never returned.

mercenary soldiers and after his reconciliation with the Medici and return in 1466, began the Palazzo Strozzi

, which was finished by his son Filippo II.

Medici family, he was vehemently opposed to the hegemony the Medicis had acquired as the unofficial rulers of the Florentine republic and was among the leaders of the uprising of 1527. Michelangelo's Doni Tondo

probably was commissioned by Agnolo Doni to commemorate his marriage to Maddalena Strozzi.

After the republic was overthrown in 1530 Alessandro de' Medici attempted to win Filippo Strozzi's support, but Strozzi declined and instead, retired to Venice. After the murder of Alessandro in 1537, Strozzi assumed leadership of a group of republican exiles with the object of re-entering the city but having been captured and subsequently tortured he committed suicide.

Filippo Strozzi's older son

Battle of Terceira

.

Later family members

It is unclear whether Bernardo Strozzi (c.1581–1644), a prominent and prolific Italian Baroque painter born and active mainly in Genoa and Venice, was a part of this immediate family.

Senator Carlo Strozzi (1587–1671) formed an important library and collected a valuable miscellany known as the Carte Strozziane, of which the most important part is now in the state archives

of Florence. He was the author of a Storietta della città di Firenze dal 1219 al 1292 (unpublished) and a Storia della casa Barberini (Rome, 1640).

The poet Giulio Strozzi was a member of the family. He adopted the composer Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677), who presumably was his natural daughter.

The Strozzi acquired by marriage the titles of Princes of Forano and Dukes of Bagnolo. A branch of the family moved to

Istituto Nazionale delle Assicurazioni

(INA). From 1999 it became property of the Italian State.

They also owned the Palazzo Strozzi Morosini in Venice, Palazzo Strozzi in Lombardy, Villa Strozzi, Villino Strozzi, Palazzo Strozzi Bevilacqua, Palazzo Strozzi alle Stimmate, Palazzo Nonfinito, Palazzo Strozzi di Mantova, Palazzo Strozzi del Poeta, and Palazzo dello Strozzino.

Today, Strozzi descendants are still living in Florence and elsewhere, including in America.

The Villa Cusona is the Tuscan home of the family, operated as a vineyard by Prince Girolamo Strozzi and his family.^[2]

References

^ Hollingsworth, Mary "Patronage in Renaissance Italy" (1994)
^ "Winemaker spotlight on Prince Girolamo Strozzi". Virgin Wines.

Bardi, Filippo Strozzi (Florence, 1894)
Niccolini, Filippo Strozzi (Florence)
Guasti, Le Carte Strozziane (Florence, 1884–1891).
Other Women's voices
Wittkower, Rudolf (1993). "14". Pelican History of Art, Art and Architecture Italy, 1600–1750. 1980. Penguin Books Ltd. pp. 351–2.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Strozzi". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Womentalking.co.uk: Feature article on Strozzi Princesses

Sources

Richard A. Goldthwaite, Private Wealth in Renaissance Florence, p. 30 books.google.de

External links

Media related to House of Strozzi at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Hollingsworth, Mary "Patronage in Renaissance Italy" (1994)

[2] "Winemaker spotlight on Prince Girolamo Strozzi". Virgin Wines.

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