Don Ottaviano de' Medici (1604 – 1629), 3rd Lord and 1st Prince of Ottajano, was an Italian patrician, belonging to Napolitan branch of

House of Medici The House of Medici ( , ; ) was an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first consolidated power in the Republic of Florence under Cosimo de' Medici and his grandson Lorenzo de' Medici, Lorenzo "the Magnificent" during the first h ...

. He was the first to hold the title of Prince of Ottajano.

Biography

A member of a cadet branch of the

Medici family The House of Medici ( , ; ) was an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first consolidated power in the Republic of Florence under Cosimo de' Medici and his grandson Lorenzo "the Magnificent" during the first half of the 15th ...

(the one later called the

Princes of Ottajano The Princes of Ottajano (or Ottaiano) are a cadet branch of the ducal dynasty of Tuscany. Along with the Veronese Medici Counts of Caprara, and Gavardo, they make up the closest relatives to the main line of the House of Medici, which ended in th ...

), he was the son of

Alessandro de' Medici Alessandro de' Medici (22 July 1510 – 6 January 1537), nicknamed "il Moro" due to his dark complexion, Duke of Penne and the first Duke of the Florentine Republic (from 1532), was ruler of Florence from 1530 to his death in 1537. The first Me ...

and his wife Delia San Severino.

Marriage and issue

He married Donna Diana Caracciolo of the Princes of Santo Buono and Dukes of Feroleto. They had: * Donna Francesca de' Medici; married Prince Filippo II

Caetani The House of Caetani, or Gaetani, is the name of an Italian noble family, originally from the city of Gaeta, connected by some to the lineage of the lords of the Duchy of Gaeta, as well as to the patrician Gaetani of the Republic of Pisa. It pla ...

(1620-1687) * Don

Giuseppe de' Medici, 2nd Prince of Ottajano Giuseppe de' Medici (1635–1717) was an Italian patrician, belonging to Napolitan branch of House of Medici. He was the first to hold the title of Duke of Sarno. Early life A member of a cadet branch of the Medici family, called the Princes ...

. He was the first to hold the title of Duke of Sarno. * Don Domenico de' Medici {{DEFAULTSORT:Medici, Ottaviano

Ottaviano Ottaviano (; known until 1933 as Ottaiano in Italian) is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region of Campania, located about east of Naples and is located in the Vesuvian Area. Ottaviano was in Roman times a h ...

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