Amidei

<p>The Amidei family was an ancient <a href="/facts/Italian_nobility/770CYY0W">Italian noble family</a> from <a href="/facts/Florence/Mx0uhNma">Florence</a>, <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a>. The family was of <a href="/facts/Roman_people/3UUhAFTy">Roman</a> descent but lived in <a href="/facts/Florence/Mx0uhNma">Florence</a> since its <a href="/facts/History_of_Florence/gQrw9vo7">foundation</a>. They have been described by <a href="/facts/Niccol%25C3%25B2_Machiavelli/ke0IvMXB">Niccolò Machiavelli</a> as being one of the most powerful families of its time, and were featured in <a href="/facts/Dante/rXX7fIg0">Dante</a>'s poems on the political struggles of the <a href="/facts/Guelphs_and_Ghibellines/F3nVoLjc">Guelphs and Ghibellines</a> in medieval Italy. Ancestors of the <a href="/facts/House_of_Piccolomini/Lh7RoPSb">House of Piccolomini</a>, Patricians of Siena, they married into the <a href="/facts/House_of_Medici/HjG9REhl">Medici family</a> during the 20th century. The Amidei also claimed a <a href="/facts/Julia_gens/2HQH4UAy">Julia gens</a> (Gens Iulia) ancestry, through the <a href="/facts/Cottius/h9CzvyDB">Cottius family</a>, Patricians of Rome.
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