Giovanni was the son of Cosimo de' Medici the Elder and Contessina de' Bardi, and brother to Piero the Gouty.[2] Unlike the latter, Giovanni enjoyed good health and was seen by Cosimo as his probable successor. From 1438 he directed the branch of the family bank in Ferrara. He received also a humanistic education, showing a major interest in music.
In 1454 Giovanni was elected Prior of Florence and the following year he was a member of the delegation which received Pope Pius II in the city. The following year Cosimo made him general director of the Medici bank, but, unsatisfied because of Giovanni's distraction in arts and other activities, assigned to him Francesco Sassetti as tutor.
Giovanni married Maria Ginevra di Niccolò Alessandri,[2] daughter of Niccolò Alessandri, in 1452.[3] This marriage recognized the support that Niccolò had provided to Cosimo during his exile in 1433, and bound the families together.[3] The couple had one child, a son, Cosimo (c. 1454 – c. 1459), known as Cosimino (little Cosimo).[2] Ginevra frequently visited thermal baths for her health.[4] There she built up a network of influential women who she regularly corresponded with.[4] Ginevra died after 2 Aug 1478.[2]
Pernis, Maria Grazia; Adams, Laurie (2006). Lucrezia Tornabuoni de' Medici and the Medici family in the fifteenth century. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. ISBN0820476455.
Tomas, Natalie R. (2003). The Medici Women: Gender and Power in Renaissance Florence. Aldershot: Ashgate. ISBN0754607771.
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