Jacopo Salviati

Jacopo Salviati (September 15, 1461 – September 6, 1533), was an Italian politician and son-in-law of Lorenzo de' Medici. He was married to the prestigious Lucrezia de' Medici, daughter of Lorenzo de' Medici, on September 10, 1486, having 10 children. Son of Giovanni Salviati and Maddalena Gondi, he devoted himself in the economic affairs of the family, becoming very wealthy. He then engaged in political life. He was Prior of the Guilds (see Guilds of Florence) in 1499 and 1518, then gonfalonier of Justice in 1514. In 1513, he was appointed ambassador to Rome.

Palazzo Gondi, Piazza della Signoria, Florence, residence of Salviati's mother, of Madddalena Gondi.

Corner view of the Palazzo Gondi, Florence, built in 1490 under design by Giuliano da Sangallo, (1443 - 1516)

He tried to prevent the Siege of Florence (1529–1530), but without result, and was among the advisers of Pope Clement VII during his meeting with Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.

In 1531, he was part of the balìa of 200 Florentine citizens charged with reforming the republican government.

He died on 6 September 1553.

Children

His marriage to Lucrezia produced ten children,

• Cardinal Giovanni Salviati (Florence, 1490 - Ravenna, 1553)

• Lorenzo Salviati (Florence, 1492 - Ferrara, 1539), senator and patron

• Piero Salviati, patrician

• Elena Salviati (Florence, 1495 circa - Genoa, 1552), married the Marquis Pallavicino Pallavicino and second marriage to the Prince Iacopo V Appiani in Appiano

• Baptist Salviati (1498–1524)

• Maria Salviati (1499–1543), married to Giovanni dalle Bande Nere. This marriage reunited the main and Popolano branches of the Medici family. His son, Cosimo, was named to lead Florence after the death of Duke Alessandro de' Medici

• Luisa Salviati, married Sigismund de Luna and Peralta

• Francesca Salviati, married first to Piero Gualterotti and second, in 1533, to Ottaviano de' Medici and was the mother of Pope Leo XI

• Bernardo Salviati (1505/1508 - Rome, 1568), was a knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, created a Cardinal in 1561

• Alamanno (1510–1571), patrician

Many of Salviati's children held significant political positions throughout Europe or were parents of important people.

Some references

Lauro Martines, a professor emeritus of European history at UCLA, (U.S.A.), April Blood: Florence and the Plot against the Medici [Paperback], 328 pages, Oxford Univ. Press,(2004), also accessible through Kindle, Publisher: Vintage Digital (January 31, 2011).ISBN 978-1-4391-9389-1, (ebook). Also, ISBN 978-0-19-517609-4

• Miles J. Unger, http://www.milesjunger.com . Magnifico: The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo de' Medici, edit. (May 5, 2009). Simon&Schuster Paperbacks, New York. American Journalist resident for 5 years in Florence, Italy, ISBN paperback, 978-0-7432-5435-9

• Miles J. Unger, Machiaveli:A Biography" , published June 14, 2011, accessible also through Kindle., 499 pages. ISBN 978-0-4165-5628-2

• Christopher Hibbert, (1924 - 2008), & Mary Hollingsworth: The Borgias and Their Enemies: 1431-1519, [Paperback], 321 pages, Harcourt Publ. Co, Orlando, Florida ISBN 978-0-15-101033-2

He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, England. Available in Kindle Edition.