Giovanni Delle Bande Nere

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see Medici, Giovanni de'.

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Medici, Giovanni De' - or Giovanni delle Bande Nere he was trained from childhood for the military life, and in 1516 his relative Pope Leo X gave him command of a troop. He soon won great reputation as a military lea...