Step 1: Specialize in a needed field of work. (i.e. Banking)
Step 2: Marry off your women to important figures, politicians, and, ideally, Kings of France.
Step 3: Become patrons to important artists that will make sure your name goes down in the history books!
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| Giovanna Medici-- he started it all |
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| This is one of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany, Cosimo I. There were also a few Medici who held the papal throne in Rome, becoming popes and prominent figures in the church. |
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| Catherine de Medici: wife, mother, queen... glove poisoner. |
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| Marie de Medici was a more beloved queen, but had some of the same political pull as Catherine. |
For more details, listen to the podcast. Good luck and arrivederci!
