Giovanni Corsi ( Florence, Feb 5 of 1600 – Florence, Mar 11 of 1661) was a noble Italian

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, Knight, Patron,

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and

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of Florence in 1637. He was the second Marquis of Caiazzo, title he inherited after Bardo Corsi death in 1624. 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

Giovanni was born on Feb 5 of 1600 in Florence to Jacopo Corsi and Laura

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. When his father died in 1602 he was adopted by his uncle Bardo Corsi, who raised him as a son, as well as all his brothers and sisters. Both his father Jacopo and his uncle Bardo were important figures in Florentine cultural life at the end of the 16th century, and Bardo provided Giovanni an excellent and sophisticated education, at the height of the wealth of the Corsi dynasty. He studied at the Accademia Militare di Parma, where he learned about the

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and became a Knight.Code of Chivalry
In 1624 he inherited from his uncle Bardo Corsi the title of Marquis of Caiazzo (Marchese di Cajazzo) and his possessions, including the Tornabuoni Palace and Villa Corsi, since he died without biological heirs. STUMPO, Enrico
CORSI, Domenico Maria
Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 29. 1983, Enciclopédia Treccani. Around 1628, when he was still young, he ordered a painting from the Casini brothers. In it Giovanni is portrayed in all his youthful pride, dressed in a sumptuous elegant Turkish-style costume next to a dog, probably a dog that belonged to the family. He married Lucrezia Salviati in 1628 and from this first relationship the Count Antonio Corsi (b. 1625) and Cardinal

Domenico Maria Corsi Domenico Maria Corsi (1633 – 6 November 1697) was a Catholic cardinal who served as Bishop of Rimini from 1687 to his death, and as Legate (i.e. Governor) of Romagna from 1687 to 1693. Life Domenico Maria Corsi was born in Florence in 1633 t ...

(b. 1633) were born. Later, after his widowhood, he married Virginia Vitelli in 1640, having Laura Corsi (b. 1642) by this marriage. Giovanni was one of the ambassadors of the Medici Dynasty in Milan, 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. being one of the most illustrious and influential representatives of the Corsi dynasty in that sense. In 1634, Giovanni was sent by Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany as ambassador to Milan to honor the new governor. Three years later, in 1637, he was elected senator of Florence. In 1645 he was part of the procession of Giovan Carlo de' Medici in Rome, shortly after his appointment as cardinal and in 1655 he was entrusted with another important role as ambassador and main speaker in Rome for

Pope Alexander VII Pope Alexander VII ( it, Alessandro VII; 13 February 159922 May 1667), born Fabio Chigi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 April 1655 to his death in May 1667. He began his career as a vice- papal legate, an ...

. It was on that occasion, in 1655, that Giovanni suffered an apoplectic attack (

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), which left him incapacitated until his death in 1661. After his death, a chapel was erected in his honor by his daughter Laura, who had married the Marquis of Bontieri and Boccheggiano Giovanni Vincenzo Salviati.

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Giovanni Corsi Giovanni Corsi ( Florence, Feb 5 of 1600 – Florence, Mar 11 of 1661) was a noble Italian Marquis, Knight, Patron, Ambassador and Senator of Florence in 1637. He was the second Marquis of Caiazzo, title he inherited after Bardo Corsi death i ...

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