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Cosimo Concini
Cosimo Concini (1570, Florence – 1604, Valladolid) was an Italian diplomat serving Grand Duchy of Tuscany in 16th-century. Biography He was born in 1570, Florence to Giovan Battista Concini and Camilla d'Antonio Miniati. He had a successful ecclesiastical and diplomatic career, largely due to the influence of his father and grandfather, Bartolomeo Concini, both of whom had served as First Secretary to the Grand Dukes Cosimo I de' Medici, Cosimo I, Francesco I de' Medici, Francesco I, and Ferdinando I de' Medici, Ferdinando I of Tuscany. Cosimo first gained recognition at the Medici court after the death of Francesco I in 1587, for whom he composed a funeral oration. He was the only person to note Francesco's military help to Philip II of Spain, Philipp II's War of the Portuguese Succession, invasion of Portugal. He then embraced an ecclesiastical career, obtaining the title of apostolic referendary under Pope Clement VIII in 1588. Concini's diplomatic career took off on 17 Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. It developed in the Early Middle Ages, and lasted for a millennium until its Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars. For most of its history the Empire comprised the entirety of the modern countries of Germany, Czechia, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Slovenia, and Luxembourg, most of north-central Italy, and large parts of modern-day east France and west Poland. On 25 December 800, Pope Leo III crowned the Frankish king Charlemagne Roman emperor, reviving the title more than three centuries after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476. The title lapsed in 924, but was revived in 962 when Otto I, OttoI was crowned emperor by Pope John XII, as Charlemagne's and the Carolingian Empire's successor. From 962 until the 12th century, the empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
