Antonio Corsi (

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

, 1630 – Florence, 1679) was a

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Italian, first

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of Montepescali and Third

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of Caiazzo, son of the Marquis Giovanni Corsi and the Patrizia of Firenze Lucrezia Salviati, brother of Domenico Maria Corsi. BACCHI, Andrea. BERTI, Federico. PEGAZZANO, Donatella
The Patronage of Domenico Maria Corsi
Volume 1, 46 pages, . 2016, Milan. PEGAZZANO, Donatella
Committenza e collezionismo nel Cinquecento La famiglia Corsi a Firenze tra musica e scultura
2010, Rivista Edifir Edizioni Firenze s.r.l., Le Voci del Museo nº. 22, Collana di Museologia e Museografia, 80 páginas, ISBN 978-88-7970-451-9 __toc__

Life

Antonio was born on 1625 in Florence to Giovanni Corsi and Lucrezia Salviati. With a

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concession made by the

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, Antonio got the highest title of Count of Montepescali. When his father died in 1661, he inherited the inferior title Marquis of Caiazzo, accumulating two titles, ending up selling the Marquisate to Giovanni di Antonio di Corso Corsi, of Domenico's Branch, who was also son of Giovanna Boni, powerful noble family of

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of ancient

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, keeping the title in the family. GOUDRIAAN, Elis
Florentine Patricians and Their Networks: Structures Behind the Cultural Success and the Political Representation of the Medici Court (1600–1660)
Volume 14, 408 pages, . 26 Oct 2017. He married the Patrizia of Firenze Giulia Corsini in 1656, having only one child in 1666 called Giovanni, who was the best friend of

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and became also Governor of Civitavecchia. Antonio died in 1679

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Corsi, Antonio Antonio Corsi of Montepescali 1630 births 1679 deaths Nobility from Florence