History Characters / MediciMastersOfFlorence

Character page for ''Series/MediciMastersOfFlorence''.
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!!The House of Medici
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* AdaptedOut: Many of the historical family members and associates not part of the main branch were cut from the series.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Most male Medici seem to have a healthy amount of ambition, which sometimes leads to morally dubious courses of action.
* FamilyThemeNaming: Due to Italian Renaissance customs for naming children, the Medici have a few names they like to reuse through the generations. For newcomers it can sometimes be confusing remembering exactly which Giovanni or Lorenzo or Piero did what.
* FeudingFamilies: Initially with the Albizzi, later with the Pazzi.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The series spans 5 generations of the family.
* NobilityMarriesMoney: The Medici are rich, the Bardi, Tornabouni, and Orsini are nobility.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Seems to be recurring trait amongst the various heads of the family.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: In-series, the Medici 'look' seems to be brown curly/wavy hair, with either pale blue or dark brown eyes.
* TheUsurper: Over the course of the series, the Medici go from humble merchants to the De Facto rulers of the city of Florence, displacing all of the older, more established families.
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!!!Cosimo's Family

[[folder:Cosimo de' Medici]]
!!Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici, Cosimo the Elder
->'''Played By''': Creator/RichardMadden
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The main character of the first season, head of the Medici bank.
* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Is very popular with the citizens of Florence, and his return from exile is met with cheering crowds. Years after his death, the people continue to sing praises about him, to the point where his son and grandson are repeatedly compared to him unfavorably. TruthInTelevision, the real Cosimo was incredibly beloved by the Florentines due to his patronage of the arts and skills in politics and banking. There's a reason he was given the posthumous title ''Father of the Fatherland''.
* AltarDiplomacy: Wed Contessina to give the Medici legitimacy with the nobles.
* ArrangedMarriage: His father chose to marry him to Contessina for political and monetary reasons. He grows to love Contessina, though.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Cosimo is dramatically arrested and charged with making himself a despot to Florence, charging interest on loans (a mortal sin) and polluting the city's murals by funding tacky art.
* BadassBookworm: Is a learned man of culture, but as multiple others learn over the course of the season, it's ''very'' unwise to test him and his family.
* CrisisOfFaith: Cosimo is deeply religious and often finds his actions as head of the bank clashing with the values of his faith.
* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: In-series, he is shown to have briefly been a student of Creator/LeonardoDaVinci.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: When Contessina comes to see him in prison after he's been sentenced to death, he calmly tells her that he has repented his sins and is unafraid.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: Cosimo wants to be an artist, but Giovanni makes it clear to him that that's not going to happen.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Considers being exiled to be this, despite still living quite comfortably just a stone's throw away in Venice.
* LonelyAtTheTop: The constant pressure of maintaining the success of the bank and family as a whole means Cosimo often has trouble relating to Contessina and Piero.
* ManlyTears: After Lorenzo is murdered.
* MrFanservice: When you're played by Richard Madden, you're automatically this. One episode even gifts viewers a nice shot of his bare ass.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: There's little Cosimo won't do for the sake of his family. He'll probably feel bad about it later, but he'll still do it.
* NearDeathExperience: Is given poisoned wine by a guard during his stint in prison.
* NobilityMarriesMoney: The Medici are rich, the Bardi are nobility.
* NotSoAboveItAll: One of the only times he shows genuine unrestrained happiness is when he learns his son's wife is pregnant.
* ParentsAsPeople: Cosimo is the head of a successful bank, and it's implied that the reason he seemingly goes out of his way to exclude his son from the business is because he's seen firsthand the seedy underbelly of the political world and wants to spare Piero the trouble as long as possible.
* PartingWordsRegret: His brother dies on a political mission right after the two of them have a particularly nasty fight, with Cosimo at one point accusing him of murdering their father. Predictably, he's wracked with guilt when he finds out.
* PastExperienceNightmare: After the murder of the Albizzis, which is implied to have been ordered by him.
* RaisedCatholic: Spends a lot of time praying and as an adult considers the Pope one of the few truly just and honorable men he's ever met.
* TheStoic: As an adult, he rarely shows any genuine emotion save for annoyance.
* SkunkStripe: A rare male example, though it should be noted that the stripe is real. Actor Richard Madden usually dyes his hair for roles, but opted not to for Cosimo.
* SuperiorSuccessor: Is younger than his brother Lorenzo, but was given leadership of the bank by their father when it became clear he had the better head for politics and business.
* UngratefulBastard: Acts very cold and aloof towards Contessina upon his return from banishment, despite knowing full well that she's the only reason he wasn't executed instead. She eventually calls him out on it.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Was sensitive and gentle as a young man and wanted to be an artist. As an adult proper, hardly anything of the kid is left.
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[[folder:Contessina de' Medici]]
->'''Played By''': Creator/AnnabelScholey
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Cosimo's wife, born Contessina de Bardi
* ArrangedMarriage: Her father chose to marry her to Cosimo for political and monetary reasons. She grows to love Cosimo, though.
* DotingGrandparent: Flashbacks imply she was this to her grandson Lorenzo, telling him that he would be the greatest leader their family had ever seen and seemingly acting as his main parental figure growing up.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Goes above and beyond to save Cosimo from his death sentence and remains faithful to him during his exile. He repays her with the cold shoulder and by bringing his new mistress into their home. She's understandably a bit pissed off.
* GoodParents: Contessina acts as a loving mother to both Piero and Lucrezia and is frustrated by Cosimo's refusal to include Piero in his business dealings.
* NobilityMarriesMoney: The Medici are rich, the Bardi are nobility.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Contessina does not get along with her mother in law, Piccarda Bueri.
* ParentsAsPeople: Contessina acts politically for the Medici bank, and has her own problems such as the troubles in her marriage with Cosimo and her ex coming back to town
* ParentalSubstitute: Contessina treats Lucrezia as her daughter, loving and mentoring her.
* ProperlyParanoid: Is highly suspicious of and cold towards Cosimo's new maid Maddalena, suspecting that the two are sleeping together. Her fears are later proven correct when Maddalena ends up pregnant with Cosimo's baby.
* SecondLove: When she was young, Contessina wanted to marry Ezio Contarini, who later offers to take her away so they can live together after Cosimo's been sent into exile and refused to take her with him. She grows to love Cosimo, though.
* TookALevelInBadass: After learning that her husband has been sentenced to death, she ''bursts into the Signoria on horseback'' and convinces them to commute Cosimo's sentence to exile instead.
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[[folder:Carlo di Cosimo de' Medici]]
->'''Played By''': Creator/CallumBlake
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Cosimo's younger, illegitimate son, Piero's half brother, and uncle to Lorenzo, Giuliano, and Bianca. His mother is implied to be pregnant in the Season 1 finale. His adult self, now a priest, becomes a major player in Seasons 2 and 3.
* ActionSurvivor: You don't survive several years of captivity and torture at the hands of Riario without being tough as nails.
* BastardAngst: While he's proud to be Cosimo's son, he's decidedly less proud that his mother was a slave.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Even his would-be killers are stunned and horrified when he begins knifing them to save his own life.
---> Assassin: You're a ''priest!''
* BirdsOfAFeather: Bonds with a young Giulio when the latter feels unwelcome at the Medici home, even convincing him to return after the boy runs away.
* CoolBigBro: Because of how close they are in age, this is how Lorenzo sees him. Overlaps with CoolUncle.
* DistressedDude: Is kidnapped and held prisoner by the Pazzis and their co-conspirators in Season 2. He doesn't escape until the beginning of Season 3, several years later.
* GenerationXerox: Looks very similar to Cosimo. Doubly ironic when once remembers that's Cosimo's other (non-illegitimate) son looked nothing like him.
** Arguably ArtisticLicense: It remains debated among historians as to what Carlo and his mother looked like.
* GoodShepherd: Is a priest with the Catholic Church, and his first scene has him treating and comforting the sick in a hospital.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With his nephew Lorenzo, especially after the death of Giuliano. Lorenzo treats Carlo as a brother rather than a half-uncle and Carlo is included in the Medici inner circle. For his part, Carlo is loyal to Lorenzo to the death.
* NiceGuy: One of the only characters in the series with no negative qualities or ulterior motives, instead being happy to simply serve God and his family. He's also the first of Lorenzo's relatives to openly tell him that the latter's quest for vengeance is beginning to go too far.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Gets guilt tripped by Lucrezia into convincing Clarice into marrying Lorenzo for the sake of the family business.
* OnlySaneMan: Becomes this for his family as a whole in Season 3, being the only one to warn Lorenzo that his actions are taking them down an increasingly dangerous path and trying to make him see sense. Of course, he still continues going along with it anyway.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Or in this case, Outliving One's Brother's Offspring. His nephews Lorenzo and Giuliano both die before him.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Callum Blake makes the main cast in Season 3.
* TookALevelInBadass: Sweet and gentle Carlo is forced to kill his captors once he realizes they have no intention of actually releasing him back to his family.
* UndyingLoyalty: Towards his nephew Lorenzo. Even after Lorenzo's FaceHeelTurn, Carlo sticks by him, and even endures several years in enemy custody rather than betray him.
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!!!Piero's Family
[[folder:Piero de' Medici]]
!! Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, Piero the Gouty
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->'''Played By''': Creator/AlessandroSperduti (Season 1), Creator/JulianSands (Season 2)
Cosimo and Contessina's oldest son, Lucrezia's husband, and father to Lorenzo, Giuliano, and Bianca.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: As a result of lacking his father's (and son's) natural affinity for business and politics, Piero is shown to be deeply unpopular with the people of Florence and is often compared unfavorably to Cosimo.
* BabiesEverAfter: The first season ends with Lucrezia finally pregnant.
* BetrayalByOffspring: His son Lorenzo usurps him as the head of the bank once it becomes known that Piero's inept leadership has nearly led them to ruin. He takes it pretty hard and dies soon afterward.
* ButtMonkey: Gets little to no respect or recognition from his contemporaries, and almost none of his ventures turn out successfully. His son later takes control of the bank from him and he laments that despite all his efforts, he failed to live up to his father's legacy.
** Really, it doesn't get much more Butt-Monkey-ish than going down in history as ''Piero the Gouty.''
* ForgottenFallenFriend: Unlike his father, mother, wife, and son, he doesn't get mentioned again after his death.
* GeniusCripple: As an older man, Piero is crippled with gout and can't walk far without a cane but is still just as intelligent as he was as a younger man.
* GoodParents: From what little we see of it, it seems he was a very loving and supportive father and his children are crushed when he dies of illness.
* HappilyMarried: The marriage between Lucrezia and Piero seems to be a very happy one
* JustAFleshWound: Averted. Piero's leg is injured during an assassination attempt. The wound ultimately becomes infected due to his pre-existing gout, and he dies of a combination of the two shortly after.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: It can be assumed the marriage between Lucrezia and Piero is this, but they genuinely love each other.
* SoProudOfYou: His last request to Lorenzo is that he win the upcoming tournament. He does.
* WellDoneSonGuy: He has shades of this. He laments on his deathbed that he failed.
* WideEyedIdealist: His younger self. He's so cute thinking facts have any place in a highly politicized trial.
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[[folder:Lucrezia de' Medici]]
->'''Played By''': Creator/ValentinaBelle (Season 1), Sarah Parish (Season 2)
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Piero's wife, and the mother of Lorenzo, Giuliano, and Bianca. Born Lucrezia Tornabouni.
* AdultFear: She and her husband are ecstatic to learn that she's become pregnant midway though Season 1, but she soon becomes sick with ThePlague, and ultimately loses the baby. In Season 2, her sons are attacked right in front of her, with one of them bleeding out in her arms, and her daughter is banished from the city.
* BabiesEverAfter: The first season ends with Lucrezia finally pregnant.
* BigNo: Screams this when she sees her sons attacked in front of her in the cathedral.
* BrokenBird: Following her son's murder.
* DeadGuyJunior: In the season finale, Lucrezia is pregnant and tells Contessina that she plans to call the baby Lorenzo
* GoodParents: Is a very caring and devoted mother and later grandmother, supporting her children in their endeavors and guiding them the best she can. For their part, her children and grandchildren all adore her.
* HappilyMarried: The marriage between Lucrezia and Piero seems to be a very happy one
* IllGirl: Her lungs begin to fail in Season 3. She tries to hide it from her family, but they soon find out anyway.
* OnlySaneMan: Acts as a voice of reason amongst the Medici family when her husband and later son lead the family.
* ParentalSubstitute: Towards Giulio after his arrival. She accepts him into the home and family without question and harshly scolds her son and grandson when they initially express skepticism and disapproval.
* ParentsAsPeople: Lucrezia works for the Medici family securing alliances and living up to her mentor, Contessina. However she also clearly loves her children and will fight for them above anything else. She is emotionally broken by Giuliano's death, devolving into a sobbing wreck.
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: It can be assumed the marriage between Lucrezia and Piero is this, but they genuinely love each other.
* SignificantWardrobeShift: Her all-black attire in Season 3 implies that she has not yet stopped grieving Giuliano.
* TogetherInDeath: After becoming sick in Season 3. While she does express fear of dying and leaving her family behind, she's also happy at the thought of finally seeing Giuliano again.
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[[folder:Bianca de' Medici]]
->'''Played By''': Aurora Ruffino
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Daughter of Piero and Lucrezia, sister to Lorenzo and Giuliano. Lover and later wife of Guglielmo.
* AdvertisedExtra: Despite the character being PutOnABus at the end of Season 2, she was featured prominently in the Season 3 promotional materials, but only appeared in 2 episodes (out of 8) and only played a significant role in 1. Oops.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After Lorenzo tries to reprimand her for running off with Guglielmo.
---> Bianca: A life of unhappiness (. . .) Is that what you wish for your sister?
* ArmorPiercingSlap: Gives one to Lorenzo after learning that he betrothed her to a man she doesn't love without even talking to her first.
* BackForTheFinale: After only briefly appearing in one earlier episode of Season 3, she returns and plays a major role in the series finale.
* CassandraTruth: Is fully aware of how dangerous her and Guglielmo's affair is and has no illusions of how ugly it'll be when, not if, word gets out.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Guglielmo de' Pazzi, her lover and later husband, is the nephew of the Medici's main political rival Jacopo de' Pazzi. Neither side approves.
* HappilyMarried: To Guglielmo. Their marriage is easily one of the most stable and healthy on the show. The pair later have a daughter together and are shown being loving parents.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Eventually becomes this with Clarice. The two regularly write to each other following Bianca's banishment and Bianca becomes Clarice's confidant for many of her fears and doubts regarding Lorenzo and the state of the family. After Clarice's death, Bianca returns to Florence to pay her respects.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Doesn't find out that Lorenzo has promised her hand in marriage to a random man until said man shows up at her house talking about what a great wife she'll be. She's understandably freaked out and upset.
* MamaBear: Following the birth of her daughter, she refuses to allow her family to be split up.
* PutOnABus: After her brother exiles her family from Florence.
* StarCrossedLovers: With Guglielmo de' Pazzi, a member of the Medici's sworn enemies. They try to make the best of it.
* SexEqualsLove: An unusual variation. After their relationship becomes public knowledge, with both their families making it clear they will never agree to see them together, she and Guglielmo run away from Florence and have sex together, banking on the knowledge that with sex being SeriousBusiness to the highly Catholic Florentines, their families will be forced to back off. It works.
---> Guglielmo: We are married in the eyes of God.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: After Clarice's death, Bianca returns to Florence as the acting matriarch of the Medicis.
* VagueAge: Her age in-series is never stated, but it's implied she's the youngest of her siblings. The real Bianca de' Medici was in fact older than both Lorenzo and Giuliano.
* YouAreWorthHell: Willingly chooses to join her husband in exile at the end of Season 2.
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[[folder:Giuliano de' Medici]]
->'''Played By''': Creator/BradleyJames
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The younger brother and partner of Lorenzo. An infamous playboy with a fiery temper.
* AdaptationalDyeJob: Historical portraits of Giuliano depict him with very dark brown, nearly black hair. Here, he's played by Creator/BradleyJames, who is blonde.
* AlwaysSecondBest: Is this to Lorenzo. Lorenzo is the older brother with high expectations put on him whilst Guiliano is the younger and technically only a spare. In theory he and Lorenzo are equal yet is shown not given the same level of education as Lorenzo as a child and as an adult he is given few responsibilities actually running the Medici bank or in the Signoria.
** With Francesco too. He feels he is being sidelined for a person who up until recently was the sworn enemy of their family but who recieves more trust and love from Lorenzo than him; his own brother.
* TheCasanova: Giuliano openly chases after women and his first scene involves him being almost caught in bed with one by his mother.
* CharacterDevelopment: Initially lusts after Simonetta Vespucci, but genuinely falls in love with her over time and is heartbroken after her death.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Pursues a married woman whose husband is known for being a hardass, purely because he can. It ends up with her dead.
* {{Fanservice}}: Models nude for his friend Sandro Botticelli in a couple episodes.
* FanDisservice: His shirtless, stab wound-ridden corpse is displayed in the Medici house after his murder.
* GoOutWithASmile: Even bleeding out on the floor won't stop him from making a jest at his brother's expense.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Lorenzo and Sandro. Sandro is able to cope with his death. Lorenzo is decidedly not.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: May chase after women on a routine basis, but when he falls in love, he falls ''hard''. Flashbacks after his death also reveal that he genuinely looked up to his brother and only ever wanted to support him.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: After learning that Lorenzo wants him to marry Novella as a political maneuver, he laments that things were easier back when his family were simple merchants.
* KilledOffForReal: Is murdered by Francesco de Pazzi in the conspiracy to kill both him and his brother.
* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: This seems to be the reason Guiliano falls for Simonetta, an aloof married woman who is pretty much the only female shown who does not immediately respond to Giuliano's charms.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Is immediately smitten upon first seeing Simonetta in the streets of Florence. The fact that she initially wants nothing to do with him only intensifies it.
* MillionairePlayboy: Giuliano seems more interested in drinking and pretty women than he does actually helping to run his family's bank.
* PetTheDog: Comforts an upset Clarice when he sees her crying about Lorenzo's affair while at the same time defending his brother's character.
* RejectedMarriageProposal: Lorenzo attempts to marry him off to the daughter of a rival political family in order to secure their allegiance. Giuliano isn't having it.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Was a relatively minor character during Season 2, with a storyline noticeably isolated and inconsequential in regards to everybody else. His death and the ensuing aftermath become a major driving force in Season 3.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Is often seen in the company of Sandro and the two spend much of the second season off doing their own thing.
* TogetherInDeath: With Simonetta, as Sandro begins a new portrait intending to show them both together and happy in paradise.


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!!!Lorenzo's Family

[[folder:Lorenzo de' Medici]]
!! Lorenzo de' Medici, Lorenzo the Magnificent
->'''Played By''': Creator/DanielSharman
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Eldest son of Piero and grandson of Cosimo, the head of the Medici family come Season 2 and a visionary who wants to bring prosperity and democracy to Florence.
* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Through hard work and good PR skills, he's able to repair his family's image amongst the Florentines, who call him a peacemaker, especially after the Pazzi conspiracy.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Once knowledge of his less savory acts starts coming to light, namely stealing from the city treasury and plotting to have Savonarola killed, the people of Florence unanimously turn on him.
* ArrangedMarriage: Married Clarice Orsini in order to secure his family's position as the papal bankers and her family are very influential in the city of Rome. He eventually grows to love her.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Despite his increasingly distant marriage with Clarice in the final season, the ''instant'' he learns she's supposedly been kidnapped by Riario, he drops ''everything'' and personally leads his household guard on a mission to save her.
* BeardOfSorrow: Grows one after his brother's death.
* BetrayalByOffspring: Lorenzo does this to his father Piero when it becomes clear that his leadership of both the Medici family and their bank will lead to ruin. He is highly conflicted about it and regrets it but does it anyways because he believes it is the right thing to do.
** He later is on the receiving end of this by his own son (also named Piero), for largely the same reason. He takes it about as well as his own father did.
* BrokenPedestal: His increasingly disturbing ruthlessness in his quest for power and vengeance causes him to fall significantly in the eyes of both his family and Florence as a whole.
* DeadGuyJunior: Named in honor of his grandfather's slain brother.
* DespairEventHorizon: Giuliano's murder. Combined with StartOfDarkness. It haunted him for the rest of his life and turned him from a well-meaning WideEyedIdealist into a ruthless and power-hungry tyrant hellbent on destroying his enemies.
* EmotionallyTongueTied: Starts rambling when he first meets Clarice and realizes that his usual methods of being TheCharmer aren't working.
* FallenHero: Essentially his arc on the show. He goes from a kind and caring young man to a cold and brutal tyrant.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Giuliano prior to his death and with Carlo afterwards. He tried this with Francesco as well, but it didn't stick.
* HiddenDepths: Is revealed to have written a collection of love poems about his FirstLove Lucrezia Donati.
* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: Lorenzo de Medici, frequently described in the historical record as short and homely, is portrayed here by British actor Daniel Sharman, who is over six feet tall and extremely attractive.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Is initially shown to be benevolent and working always in the interest of the people of Florence first. However, this leaves out that Lorenzo could be a pretty ruthless man who was not above using his riches to maneuver himself and his family into a high position of power.
** More specifically he wants to guide Florence to becoming a full democracy where the people directly decide their city's fate. In reality Lorenzo would have never wanted this as it would remove him and his family from the stranglehold of power they held over Florence for much of the period and beyond.
* ItsAllMyFault: It's heavily implied that the reason he never got over Giuliano's death was that he blamed himself for underestimating the Pazzis' hatred of him.
* ManlyTears: After his brother's death in Season 2, and again after his wife's death in Season 3.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Averted. In real life, he was actually the 3rd of four surviving siblings, and the 4th of five overall. Here, he's the oldest of three. Also the real Lorenzo and Clarice had six children who survived to adulthood and ten children overall. The show condenses this down to three children, Piero, Giovanni, and Maddalena.
* MessianicArchetype: Is shown like this for the Medici family and Florence as a whole. Contessina specifically believed that he would be the greatest leader of the Medici family and would resolve the conflict between them and the Pazzi family. He did but not in the peaceful way his grandmother probably wished.
* MrFanservice: Is seen naked or shirtless at least once an episode in Season 2.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Has a nonverbal but still very visible case of this in the series finale, when he realizes that the moments leading up to Savonarola's would-be assassination (that he sanctioned) horrifically mirrors that of Giuliano's murder.
* PapaWolf: Braves a burning building to save his young daughter.
* ParentalNeglect: In Season 3, he seems to largely ignore his sons Piero and Giovanni in favor of his nephew.
* PastVictimShowcase: Has murals depicting the deaths of the Pazzis and their allies commissioned as a reminder to the people of what happens to those who cross him.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: His last words to a dying Clarice, crying that he'll never forgive himself for all the pain he's caused her.
* TheSocialExpert: Is famed in-universe for his 'silver tongue' and rarely seems to have to put in any real effort to sway others to his side.
* TakeAThirdOption: Tries to do this whenever possible. Specifically he saves the city of Citta di Castello this way when the choices are either let it be sacked by the Pope's army or get the current ruler to agree to his own political suicide.
* VillainProtagonist: Hinted that he'll become this in late Season 2. Eventually played straight during the latter half of Season 3.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Francesco. Lorenzo spends a large amount of time and effort trying to mend and revive their friendship.
* WideEyedIdealist: Starts out as one. Life eventually beats it out of him.
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[[folder:Clarice de' Medici]]
->'''Played By''': Synnove Karlsen
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The wife of Lorenzo, and later the mother of Piero, Giovanni, and Maddalena. Originally from the powerful Orsini family.
* ArrangedMarriage: As is traditional with the time, Clarice married Lorenzo because it was arranged between their families and not because she wanted to.
* AwfulWeddedLife: What her marriage to Lorenzo largely ends up as, despite both their efforts.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Francesco Pazzi is about to murder Lorenzo. Cue Clarice, armed with large golden candlestick, who promptly proceeds to ''clobber Francesco over the head with it.'' He's out cold for a while.
* DotingParent: While she loves all her and Lorenzo's children dearly, she is particularly close with her oldest, Piero, and expresses quiet disapproval at her husband's lack of an interest in preparing Piero to run the bank.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Bianca. The pair stay in contact with each other following the latter's exile, and Bianca later returns to Florence to attend Clarice's funeral.
* IllGirl: Is rather noticeably sick with ''something'' for most of Season 3, to the point where, on at least one occasion, Lorenzo notices her having trouble standing and walking.
** Most historians agree that she died of Tuberculosis.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Her husband's increasing SanitySlippage combined with her own embodiment of this trope is one of the leading causes of the breakdown of their relationship.
* KilledOffForReal: Ultimately dies of her affliction in late Season 3.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Averted. She's unimpressed with Lorenzo and his apparent materialism upon first meeting him. It takes several do-overs to get her to change her mind about him.
* MamaBear: Becomes openly furious with her husband when she learns he's betrothed their daughter to a man widely known to be a violent and abusive drunk.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Arranges the marriage of Francesco to Novella behind their backs, as a way to strengthen the Medici-Pazzi relations. Once it's found out, the Pazzis' hate for the Medicis gets taken UpToEleven.
* ProperLady: Is unfailingly polite and gracious towards everyone she comes in contact with. The one exception is Lucrezia Donati, who turns her into an IceQueen.
* RaisedCatholic: Is a very devout Catholic, devoting many hours to the poor and sick, and even wanted to become a nun in her youth.
* SignificantWardrobeShift: Primarily dresses in bright and colorful pastels and wears her hair down in Season 2, as a way of reflecting her youth and desire to see the good in people. After drifting away from Lorenzo and being hardened by the aftermath of war in Season 3, she begins wearing darker and more austere clothing, with her hair often under a veil.
* StepfordSmiler: After marrying into the Medici. While she puts on a facade of unity and happiness in public, in private it's clear she's deeply unhappy with her marriage.
* TakingTheVeil: What Clarice originally wanted to do before she married Lorenzo. Unfortunately for her, Carlo is loyal to the Medici and convinces her to marry Lorenzo instead of becoming a nun.
* TranquilFury: After learning about Lorenzo's mistress.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Her arrangement of Francesco and Novella's marriage inadvertently leads to Guiliano's murder, which in turn causes Lorenzo's StartOfDarkness and FaceHeelTurn
* WomenAreWiser: She and Cantalina are ultimately the ones to set in motion the end to the feud between the Medici and Riario.
* WhatTheHellHero: Gives one to Lorenzo after he all but flaunts his relationship with Lucrezia Donati in front of not only Clarice, but all their loved ones as well.
---> Clarice (to Lorenzo): I can forgo love but not respect.

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[[folder:Piero de' Medici]]
!! Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, Piero the Unfortunate
->'''Played By''': Louis Partridge
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Eldest son of Lorenzo and Clarice and heir to the family.
* AChildShallLeadThem: Less a child and more a woefully unprepared teenager. The series' epilogue mentions that after the deaths of his parents, young Piero became head of the family and ruler of Florence.
* AgeLift: Inverted. The real Piero was 21 when he rose to power after the death of his father. Louis Partridge was 15 during the filming of Season 3.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Wants nothing more than to be allowed to join the family business and prove himself to Lorenzo. When he finally gets the chance, he's horrified by what his father has become and the lengths Lorenzo is willing to go to in order to hold onto power.
* ConflictingLoyalty: Finds himself torn between supporting his father and the family business, and standing by what's right.
* CoolBigBro: Towards his sister Maddalena.
* DeadGuyJunior: Is named for his paternal grandfather.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Hates that Lorenzo seems to trust and value his cousin Giulio over him.
* FreudianExcuse: As a child, his never before heard of cousin appears out of nowhere and effectively usurps his position as his father's favorite and heir apparent. He's understandably a bit upset about it and treats Giulio quite coldly as a result. An older Giulio noticeably realizes that despite the situation being out of either of their control, Piero wasn't wrong to judge him in such a manner and attempts to make amends, but Piero isn't interested.
* {{Irony}}: Finally manages to make Lorenzo proud by explicitly going against his father's wishes and thwarting one of his schemes. To hammer it in, Lorenzo dies very shortly afterwards.
* MommasBoy: Justified and a rare example of it not being PlayedForLaughs. Clarice is the only parental figure he has that is both positive and present and Piero is repeatedly shown opening up to her about his feelings of inadequacy and shame. He's devastated when she dies of her illness.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives a highly emotional one to Giulio after the true depths of Lorenzo's SanitySlippage becomes known to both of them.
---> Piero: I never blamed you taking my place in this family, only my father's love. ''Well you can have it!''
* SoProudOfYou: Finally gets this from his father after he helps stop Lorenzo from crossing the MoralEventHorizon. It leaves him in tears.
---> Lorenzo (to Piero): I lost myself. And you saw that.
* TheUnfavorite: Feels this way after Giulio comes into the picture. It messes him up considerably.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Desperately wants his father's approval and affection and is bitterly resentful that Giulio seems to have stolen both.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Warns Savonarola about Lorenzo's plan to have him murdered because he realizes that despite ostensibly being an obstacle to his father's ambitions, the priest has done nothing to deserve it.

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[[folder:Giovanni de' Medici]]
!! Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, Pope Leo X
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->'''Played By''': William Franklin Miller
Second son of Lorenzo and Clarice
* AgeLift: Is portrayed as younger than Piero and older than Maddalena. In real life, he was actually the youngest of the three.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: The series' epilogue states that Giovanni eventually became Pope LeoX, fulfilling Lorenzo's dream of a Medici leading the Catholic Church.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: Lorenzo forces him to become a priest, despite knowing full well it's not what his son wants.
* FlatCharacter: Try to find something to say about him other than that he likes to draw and later becomes a priest.
* HistoryRepeats: Like his great-grandfather Cosimo, Giovanni is a young artist with great promise. And like Cosimo, his father has other plans for him.
* NiceGuy: Is much more friendly and welcoming towards Giulio than his brother.
* OutOfFocus: Of Lorenzo and Clarice's children, he gets the least amount of characterization and screen time.
* TrueCompanions: With his cousin Giulio. Both of them become priests together.


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[[folder:Maddalena de' Medici]]
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->'''Played By''': Grace May O'Leary
Youngest child and daughter of Lorenzo and Clarice
* ArrangedMarriage: Lorenzo arranges one for her while she's still a young child.
* BigBrotherWorship: Is very close with her older brother Piero.
* CheerfulChild: Due to her young age, Maddalena is largely exempt from the dysfunction of the rest of her family and they all actively attempt to keep it this way. She's rarely seen without a smile on her face.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Doesn't understand the implications of her grandmother's medicine (namely, that Lucrezia's condition is deteriorating), and her father later tries to shield her from her mother's death. Her first scene has her parents discovering her out of bed after bedtime, admiring the embroidery of the family's new rugs.
* DaddysGirl: Unfortunately, its not enough to keep him from using her as a political bargaining chip.
* GirlyGirl: She's delighted when Lorenzo gifts her a beautiful silk dress upon returning home from a trip, squealing with happiness.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Asks Lorenzo where her mother is unknowingly right after Clarice has died his arms. A heartbroken Lorenzo doesn't have it in him to tell her what happened.
* MoralityPet: Towards Lorenzo. His scenes with her in Season 3 provide some much needed relief during a season otherwise filled with heartache and death.


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!!!Other Medicis

[[folder:Giovanni de' Medici]]
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->'''Played By''': Creator/DustinHoffman
Cosimo and Lorenzo's father, patriarch of the Medici bank
* AbusiveParents: Strong-arms both his sons into jointing the bank, sabotages their romantic relationships (it's implied he did so purely because he didn't think either of the women were worthy of his family name) and flat out ''threatens Cosimo's life'' when he feels his son is stepping too far out of line.
* BadBoss: Has Ugo send Rosa away, which indirectly leads to her death.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: Cosimo wants to be an artist, but Giovanni makes it clear to him that that's not going to happen.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Cares only about advancing his own political goals, with everything else being secondary. His callousness has fatal consequences.
* LackOfEmpathy: Shows no remorse for inadvertently causing the deaths of Rosa and her unborn child.
* LoveObstructingParents: He intervened in both Cosimo's relationship with Bianca and Lorenzo's relationship with Rosa.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: While it's unclear as to whether Cosimo would have actually married Bianca, Lorenzo seems to have been serious about spending his life with Rosa.
* PosthumousCharacter: He dies in the first episode and is afterwards only seen in flashbacks.

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[[folder:Lorenzo de' Medici]]
->'''Played By''': Creator/StuartMartin
Cosimo's brother
* LostLenore: Spends quite a bit time trying to find his lost love Rosa
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[[folder:Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici]]
!! Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici, Pope Clement VII
->'''Played By''': JacobDudman
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Giuliano's illegitimate son, whom the Medici's take in as their own.
* BrokenBird: Goes through hell as a young child and it's made very clear it's left him traumatized by the time he reaches the safety of the Medici estate
* BrokenPedestal: Towards Lorenzo after he has Riario and his lackeys killed.
* CharacterDevelopment: Starts out as a shellshocked and traumatized child. The post-timeskip episodes show that he's grown into a seemingly happy and well adjusted teenager. After becoming a priest, he also forgives his mother's killers.
* DecoyProtagonist: Gets a large amount of screen time during the Season 3 premiere and is built up as a major character, but his importance gradually decreases as the season goes on, with the main focus shifting back to his uncle.
* GenerationXerox: Averted. Giulio looks nothing like Giuliano.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Averted. The show runners seemed determined to make Giulio as unlike Giuliano as possible
** Giuliano was rash and impulsive, Giulio is thoughtful and composed. Giuliano was passionate and openly expressive with his emotions, Giulio is initially stoic, cold, and withdrawn (he gets better), Giuliano was a infamous womanizing playboy who secretly dreamed of escaping the shadows of his more famous and successful family members, Giulio chooses the humble life of a priest and confesses to having no ambition for anything greater; Giuliano had straight blonde hair and light blue eyes, unusual for his family, Giulio looks more traditionally Medici, with dark wavy hair and brown eyes, Giuliano was very close with his older brother Lorenzo, who was shattered and never recovered when the former was killed, Giulio's cousin Piero openly dislikes him and is not at all sorry to see him leave.
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: The main reason Lorenzo is initially dismissive of him. For context, Giulio shows up at the Medici house out of nowhere with seemingly no proof that he actually is who he claims to be.
* MustMakeAmends: Feels this way in regards to Piero as a young adult, even attempting to reach out, but by that point, Piero has bigger things to worry about.
* ReplacementGoldfish: It's all but stated that both Lorenzo and Lucrezia see him as one for his father.
* TrueCompanions: Becomes this with Giovanni, even joining him in the priesthood purely so that his cousin wouldn't feel alone.
* WhamShot: When he presents Giuliano's ring to Lorenzo (i.e., irrefutable proof that Giuliano knew and was close to his mother). As a result, Lorenzo fully accepts and embraces him as family.

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!!Antagonists

[[folder:Rinaldo Albizzi]]
->'''Played By''': Creater/LexShrapnel
The head of the powerful Albizzi family, he quickly becomes the personal archnemesis of Cosimo in Season 1.
* AlasPoorVillain: His final moments are spent watching his (completely innocent) son murdered in front of him after the two of them have left Florence in exile.
* AmbiguousSituation: It's left unclear as to whether or not Cosimo later ordered his death.
* BlueBlood: The Albizzis are an old and aristocratic family resentful of the Medicis' sudden rise to power.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Genuinely loves his family and is shown comforting his son while awaiting his death in prison, telling him that he's proud of him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Unlike the Pazzis and Riarios after him, he tries to go about his schemes through the bureaucracy rather than immediately resorting to violence and murder.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: After successfully ousting Cosimo and the Medici from power, it very quickly becomes clear to everyone in Florence just how dependent the city was on the Medici for stability and commerce. It directly leads to his own downfall.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: In one of his major speeches before the Priori criticizing the Medici's banking practices, he says that "Jews, not gentlemen, are usurers." His antisemitism makes sense given the time period of 1429 in Florence, as medieval Christians generally scorned and hated Jews as being guilty of the death of Jesus Christ and discriminated against them frequently.
* TheResenter: What's initially presented as simple disapproval of the Medicis' status as upjumped merchants is eventually revealed to be rooted in a deeply personal grudge against Cosimo.
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[[folder:Jacopo de Pazzi]]
->'''Played By''': Creator/SeanBean
The patriarch of the Pazzi family who hates the Medici and wishes them destroyed. The main antagonist of Season 2.
* AssholeVictim: While the circumstances of his death are undoubtably grisly and horrifying (hung from a chain and his body then dismembered by a rioting crowd), by that point it's really hard to feel for him after he attempted to murder someone on holy ground and ''was'' successful in murdering the man's innocent brother.
* BigBadWannabe: Zig-zagged. While he's undoubtedly the main antagonistic force in Season 2, he's frequently outplayed and outgambitted by a man less than half his age, and none of his schemes ever fully come to fruition.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Somehow, it failed to occur to him that Francesco might take issue with Guglielmo being disowned.
* DirtyCoward: Attempts to flee from Florence after the failed assassination of Lorenzo. He gets caught and is subsequently executed.
** In real life, Jacopo did manage to temporarily escape, but was extradited back to the city and hung.
* EvilIsPetty: Attempts to sabotage Lorenzo during the tournament, seemingly for no reason other than that he can. He also poisons Francesco against his (very loving) wife Novella just to get his nephew back on his side.
* ForWantOfANail: His goal of killing Lorenzo ends up being singlehandedly foiled by a particularly strong wooden door.
* IHaveNoSon: Throws Guglielmo out of the home when the kid's relationship with Bianca comes to light.
* PromotionToParent: Francesco and Guglielmo are his nephews and Jacapo has been their caretaker since they were very young. It's never mentioned if Jacopo has any other family himself.
* TooDumbToLive: Plots the assassinations of Lorenzo and Giuliano in the middle of a crowded Sunday worship with hundreds of eyewitnesses. He also clearly didn't have a contingency plan for if they failed or were even only partially successful. He pays for his shortsightedness with his life.
* UnPerson: Lorenzo vows to do this to him and his family after the murder of Giuliano.
* WalkingSpoiler: One of a long list of characters played by Sean Bean to kick the bucket.
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[[folder:Francesco de Pazzi]]
->'''Played By''': Matteo Martari
The nephew of Jacopo de Pazzi, Gugliemo's older brother, and a former childhood friend of Lorenzo before their feuding families drove them apart.
* BigBrotherInstinct: One of his few redeeming qualities. He's very protective of his younger brother Guglielmo and is quietly seething after Jacopo throws him out of the home. He also sends Gugliemlo a letter on the day of the assassinations warning him to stay away from the cathedral for his own safety.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Is appalled and disgusted when Jacopo sabotages Lorenzo's saddle during the tournament, telling his uncle that there's no honor in cheating.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Along the same lines, he's outraged when his uncle disowns Guglielmo for the 'crime' of loving Bianca. It even leads to his temporary HeelFaceTurn.
---> Francesco (to Jacopo): He's my blood. If Guglielmo is not a Pazzi, then nor am I.
* EvilFormerFriend: Is this to Lorenzo being his childhood friend who now hates and schemes against him.
* FreudianExcuse: Was orphaned at a young age and sent to live with his toxic and controlling uncle, who hated his friend's family with a passion. Small wonder he ended up so messed up.
* HappilyMarried: To Novella. For a little while at least.
* HeelFaceTurn: Temporarily when his brother marries Bianca de Medici and he meets his own wife; Novella. It doesn't stick thanks to Jacopo's scheming.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Tells Novella not to listen to anything Jacopo says, on the basis that his uncle is a liar and schemer who wants to break them up. Guess what he himself does in the same episode?
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Is hung alongside the other conspirators after killing Giuliano and attempted murder of Lorenzo.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: In flashbacks, we see that this used to be the case. Before he was orphaned and sent off to live with his evil uncle Jacobo, Francesco was a kind, friendly boy who close with the Medici’s, and a dear friend to Lorenzo.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: He and Lorenzo were close as children but have since grown apart due to the feud between their families.
* WhenHeSmiles: Spends much of his screen time glowering and sulking. It's rather heartwarming seeing him genuinely happy with his wife.
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[[folder:Girolamo Riario]]
->'''Played By''': Marius Bizau (Season 2), Jack Roth (Season 3)
One of the Pazzis's main co-conspirators in Season 2. A mercenary who comes into personal conflict with Lorenzo.
* TheDragon: Initially towards Jacopo.
* DragonAscendant: Was originally just another one of Jacopo's hired guns. Come Season 3 and he's the new BigBad.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Is built up as the successor to Rinaldo and Jacopo, but unexpectedly dies midway through Season 3.
* DomesticAbuse: It's all but stated that he hits his young wife, Cantalina.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Though it's clearly only to save his own skin, he actually does make an attempt to talk things out with Lorenzo first, but unsurprisingly, Lorenzo isn't interested. Points for trying, at least.
* HateSink: Unlike Rinaldo, Francesco, and even Jacopo before him, who all had their moments of kindness, Riario is never shown to be anything other than a brutish thug and his death comes off as well deserved.
* OhCrap: After Cantalina's guards refuse to give her up to him after she rats him out to Lorenzo. He realizes his last ally has left him and that the Medicis are on their way at that very moment to finish him off for good.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: After it becomes clear the Pazzis have lost, he hightails it out of Florence.
* WouldHurtAChild: Sends men to find and kill a young Giulio at the start of Season 3. While they fail to find the kid, they do find and kill his mother.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Tries to do this to Cantalina after it becomes apparent she has betrayed him to the Medicis. It doesn't work.
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!!Other

[[folder:Ugo Bencini]]
->'''Played By''': Creator/KenBones
The Medici bank's administrator, who already served as Giovanni's right hand and continues in this role for Cosimo.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Spends most of his screen time in the background dutifully following Cosimo's requests. It's only revealed in the final moments of Season 1 that he was the one responsible for Giovanni's death.
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: He was the one who poisoned Giovanni, because of Giovanni's callousness towards Rosa and her baby
* TheUnreveal: Cosimo and his family never find out who killed Giovanni
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[[folder:Marco Bello]]
->'''Played By''': Creator/GuidoCaprino
Cosimo's man for the dirty work, loyal to the Medici.
* DirtyBusiness: What he usually does for the Medici, even though Cosimo doesn't always agree with his methods.
* ShipTease: Is kind to Maddalena and seems to genuinely like her, but it later turns out that nothing happened between them.
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[[folder:Guglielmo de Pazzi]]
->'''Played By''': Charlie Vickers
The younger brother of Francesco de Pazzi and lover of Bianca.
* AccompliceByInaction: How Lorenzo sees him after the murder of Giuliano, especially once the knowledge that Guglielmo knew his family was plotting something and kept Bianca safe at home comes to light.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: His wife reappears in a couple of episodes in Season 3. He, however, does not, and his current status/whereabouts are never mentioned.
* TheExile: Lorenzo exiles him from Florence after the failed Pazzi Conspiracy. His wife and daughter join him.
* HappilyMarried: Has a very loving and affectionate relationship with Bianca.
* IHaveNoSon: Or nephew, in this case. Jacopo disowns him and throws him out when he refuses to end his relationship with Bianca. It leaves him visibly heartbroken.
* SatelliteCharacter: Pretty much all his characterization revolves around being Francesco's brother, Jacopo's nephew, or Bianca's lover/husband.
* TheScapegoat: How the Medicis treat him after Giuliano's death. He willingly accepts it due to realizing that attempting to argue his case would be pointless.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Is the only member of the Pazzis who isn't a vile schemer.
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[[folder:Sandro Botticelli]]
->'''Played By''': Creator/SebastianDeSouza
A painter who is friends with both Lorenzo and Giuliano. He is one of the masters of Renaissance Florence.
* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: In the shows retelling of history, Sandro Botticelli, after being orphaned at a young age, was taken in by the Medici, and grew up alongside Lorenzo and Giuliano.
* OnlySaneMan: Takes up the mantle after the Pazzi Conspiracy, to an even greater extant than Carlo and Clarice.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Removes himself entirely from the affairs of the Medici once it becomes clear Lorenzo will not give up his pursuit of vengeance and power.


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[[folder:Lucrezia Donati]]
->'''Played By''': Alessandra Mastronardi
Lorenzo's lover and mistress.

* LoveHurts: She and Lorenzo have been in love since they were teenagers, and so it stings when he tells her he plans to get married.
* TheMistress: She and Lorenzo have been an item for years.
* OddFriendship: She the mistress of Clarice's husband, and yet the two women form something of an understanding with one another -- enough so that Lucrezia openly weeps at Clarice's funeral.
* ProudBeauty: She's very aware of how beautiful she is, and uses it to her advantage on more than one occasion.
* SympatheticAdulterer: Her husband is constantly away on business, as well as being considerably older than her.
* WomanScorned: {{Averted}}. Though it seems she'll become this when Lorenzo tells her he wants to be more faithful to his wife, she's staunchly loyal to him throughout the Pazzi conspiracy, and (on Clarice's behest) talks her husband into remaining loyal to the family as well.
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[[folder:Girolamo Savonarola]]
->'''Played by''': Francesco Montanari
A humble friar living in Florence. His rapidly growing hold on the city's people as a result of war makes him the Medicis' newest obstacle.
* AntiVillain: About as ''anti'' as it gets; is a faithful man of God who preaches the importance of charity and humility, shows genuine concern for the poor, sick, and destitute, and wishes for the abolition of the nobility's monopoly of power. But the fact that he opposes Lorenzo makes him qualify.
* GoodShepherd: Is beloved by the people of Florence for his leadership during a time of strife and his championing of the common man.
* NotSoAboveItAll: After the attempt on his life. He retains his pious demeanor and even performs Lorenzo's last rites, but makes it plain that he personally doesn't like him.
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[[folder:Simonetta Vespucci]]
->'''Played By''': Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz
A Florentine noblewoman married to Marco Vespucci who becomes the subject of Sandro and Guiliano's attentions.
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: Tries to pretend their affair was meaningless to her to get Giuliano to stop persuing her and thus ensure her husband remains on the Medici family's side.
* CagedBirdMetaphor: She keeps a cage of small birds in her house and is also a very beautiful woman who is trapped in a loveless marriage.
* [[spoiler: IllGirl]]: [[spoiler:Simonetta starts showing signs of illness not long after Sandro's painting is finished and ultimately dies.]]
* [[spoiler: IncurableCoughofDeath]]: [[spoiler: How she ultimately dies but definitely not helped by her husband. In real life it is speculated she died of tuberculosis.]]
* TheMuse: Is this for Sandro. In real life she was a model for many of his famous paintings including ''The Birth of Venus'' and the painting which he produces in the show: ''Venus and Mars''.
* TogetherInDeath: With Giuliano, as Sandro begins a new portrait intending to show them both together and happy in paradise.
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* AmbiguousSituation: It's left unclear as to whether of not he was behind Cosimo's poisoning, and whether or not Cosimo later ordered his death.

->'''Played By''': Daniel Sharman

->'''Played By''': Sebastian De Souza

* NotSoDifferent: The increasingly dubious and ruthless actions he takes over the course of the series ultimately results in him acting just like many of his enemies, culminating in having people assassinated/murdered simply because they may have eventually become inconvenient.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Francesco Pazzi is about to murder Lorenzo. Cue Clarice, armed with large golden candlestick, who promptly proceeds to ''clobber Francesco over the head with it.''