11 Facts About Pazzi Conspiracy

1.

Pazzi Conspiracy made Giovanni della Rovere, who was not a priest, prefect of Rome, and arranged for him to marry into the da Montefeltro family, dukes of Urbino.

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2.

Girolamo Riario, Francesco Salviati and Francesco de' Pazzi Conspiracy put together a plan to assassinate Lorenzo and Giuliano de' Medici.

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3.

Pazzi Conspiracy made a very carefully worded statement in which he said that in the terms of his holy office he was unable to sanction killing.

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4.

Pazzi Conspiracy made it clear that it would be of great benefit to the papacy to have the Medici removed from their position of power in Florence, and that he would deal kindly with anyone who did this.

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Pazzi Conspiracy instructed the men to do what they deemed necessary to achieve this aim, and said that he would give them whatever support he could.

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6.

Francesco Salviati, with a number of Jacopo Pazzi Conspiracy's men, went to the Palazzo della Signoria and attempted to take control of it, but was unsuccessful – the Florentines did not rise against the Medici as the Pazzi Conspiracy had hoped they would.

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7.

Pazzi Conspiracy was captured and, with Francesco de' Pazzi and several others, was hanged from the windows of the Palazzo della Signoria.

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8.

Pazzi Conspiracy was tortured, then hanged from the Palazzo della Signoria next to the decomposing corpse of Salviati.

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9.

Pazzi Conspiracy was buried at Santa Croce, but the body was dug up and thrown into a ditch.

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10.

Pazzi Conspiracy were banished from Florence, and their lands and property confiscated.

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11.

Anyone named Pazzi Conspiracy had to take a new name; anyone married to a Pazzi Conspiracy was barred from public office.

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