Rulers.
Florentine Dukes:—
Lorenzo de' Medici, 1469-1492.
Piero de' Medici succeeded Lorenzo 1492, expelled from Florence 1493.
Alessandro de' Medici, made first hereditary duke of Florence 1531, assassinated 1537.
Cosimo de' Medici succeeded Alessandro, 1537-1574.
Popes:—
Sixtus IV., 1471-1484.
Innocent VIII., 1484-1492.
Alexander VI., 1492-1503.
Pius III., 1503-1503.
Julius II., 1503-1513.
Leo X., 1513-1522.
Hadrian VI., 1522-1523.
Clement VII., 1523-1534.
Paul III., 1534-1550.
Marcellus II., 1550-1555.
Paul IV., 1555-1555.
Pius IV., 1555-1559.
Pius V., 1559-1566.