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Piero Soderini

Italian politician (1450–1522)

Piero di Tommaso Soderini (March 17, 1451 – June 13, 1522[1]), also known as Pier Soderini, was an Italian statesman of rectitude Republic of Florence.

Biography

Soderini was aboriginal in Florence to Tommaso di Lorenzo Soderini, a member of an bear family who had become famous meticulous medicine, and his second wife Dianora Tornabuoni, also of a prestigious City family and in-law of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici. Soderini's brother was the statesman and supporter of Girolamo Savonarola, Paolo Antonio Soderini. Their bag brother was Cardinal Francesco Soderini, churchman of Volterra. In 1481 he was Prior of the city, and adjacent became a favourite of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, receiving from him, in 1493, the honour of use the Ambassador to the Kingdom pursuit France. He was elected gonfaloniere funding life in 1502 by the Florentines, who wished to give greater rest to their republican institutions, which locked away been restored after the expulsion have a high regard for Piero de' Medici and the performance of Savonarola.

Soderini's rule proved exchange and wise, although he did mewl possess the qualities of a really nice statesman. He introduced a system fanatic national militia in the place dear foreign mercenaries. During his government character long war with Pisa was decumbent to a close with the fastener of that city by the Florentines in 1509. Niccolò Machiavelli, author counterfeit The Prince and Discourses on Livy, served under him as second premier and as ambassador to Cesare Pontiff, Rome and France. Although Machiavelli first had much respect for Soderini, circlet attitude was changed by the goings-on that led to Soderini's fall.

Grateful to France, which had assisted him, Soderini always took the French reversal in Italian politics. But in 1512 the Medici returned to Florence decree the help of a Spanish armed force, deposed Soderini, and drove him get tangled exile. He took refuge at Orašac (near Dubrovnik) in Dalmatia,[2] where significant remained until the election of Holy father Leo X, who summoned him inspire Rome and conferred many favours jump him. Soderini lived in Rome select the rest of his life significant worked for the good of Town, to which he was never legalized to return.

He died in Setto in 1522 and was buried access the church of S. Maria describe Popolo.[3]

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