Giulio di Alessandro de' Medici
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Giulio de' Medici (ca. 1533 - 1600), the illegitimate son of Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence.

Aged only four at the time of his father's assassination, he was passed over as a choice for the succession in favour of Cosimo I de' Medici, the first of the "junior" branch of the Medici to rule Florence.

Together with his sister, Giulia, their descendants include most of the royal houses of Europe.

External links

• Alessandro de Medici PBS online page discussing his father's ancestry, and his heirs; be careful, though, as it contains at least one known error

The original article can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulio_di_Alessandro_de'_Medici.
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