Filippo Strozzi the Elder
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Filippo Strozzi the Elder (July 4, 1428 - May 14, 1491) was an Italian banker and statesman, a member of the rich Strozzi family of Florence.
He was born in Florence to Matteo Strozzi and Alessandra Macinghi. He was banned by the Medici as a young man, together with all his family, due to the opposition of Palla Strozzi against Cosimo de' Medici. He moved to Naples, and here he gained a renowned status as a banker.
When he returned to Florence he commissioned Benedetto da Maiano for the construction of the famous family palace; however, he died before the completion of the works, in 1534. He also had Maiano, along with Filippino Lippi, build a notable chapel in the church of Santa Maria Novella. Completed in 1502, it houses Strozzi's remains.
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He married two times. With Fiammetta Adimari (1466), who gave him five children:
- Maria
- Fiammetta
- Giambattista (d. 1484)
- Alfonso (d. 1534)
- Alessandro (1471-1473)
and with Salvaggia Gianfigliazzi (1477), who gave him:
- Lorenzo (1482-1549), who founded the line of the Princes of Forano
- Giambattista Strozzi (d. 1538), husband of Clarice de' Medici, best known as Filippo Strozzi the Younger.
- Lucrezia (born 1486)
- Caterina
