Families of Florence

royal family

The Pazzi were a powerful family in the Republic of Florence. Their main trade during the fifteenth century was banking. In the aftermath of the Pazzi conspiracy in 1478, members of the family were banished from Florence and their property was confiscated; the family name and coat-of-arms were permanently suppressed by order of the Signoria.

The Albizzi family () was a patrician noble family and were the de facto leaders of an oligarchy of wealthy families that ruled Florence in the second half of the 14th century. They were at the center of the oligarchy from 1382, in the reaction that followed the Ciompi revolt, to the rise of the Medici in 1434.

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Florentine noble family

noble family

thumb|right|Peruzzi family coat of arms

right|140px|thumb|Coat of arms of the Amidei family thumb|Torre degli Amidei, near the [[Piazza della Signoria, most probable location of the assassination of Buondelmonte de' Buondelmonti]]

Tuscan noble family

Italian noble family

thumb|right|200px|Coat of arms of the Guicciardini family The House of Guicciardini () is an old and important Florentine family, which originated from Mugello as rich landowners and moved to Florence in the 14th century. When Francesco Guicciardini (1851–1915) married Princess Luisa Strozzi-Majorca-Renzi (1859–1933), this line of the family changed its name to Guicciardini-Strozzi.

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Sangallo is the surname of a Florentine family, several members of which became distinguished in the fine arts, including:

Marchesi Antinori Srl is an Italian wine company, based in Florence, Tuscany, that can trace its history back to 1385. They are one of the biggest wine companies in Italy, and their innovations played a large part in the "Super-Tuscan" revolution of the 1970s.

thumb|right|200px|Coat of arms of Tornabuoni family The House of Tornabuoni is the name of an old and important Italian noble family, which originated from Florence, whose members occupied many notable positions in feudal Italy.

thumb|right|175px|The Frescobaldi coat of arms at the palace of the Podestà in [[Galluzzo]] thumb|right|175px|Impalement (heraldry)|Impalement of the coat of arms of Frescobaldi (left) and [[Albizzi (right), probably created upon the wedding of Angiolo Frescobaldi and Leonida degli Albizzi (19th century)]] The Frescobaldi are a prominent Florentine noble family who have influenced the political, economic, and social fabric of Florence.