Person
Còsimo de' Medici
Florentine banker and politician
Còsimo di Giovanni degli Mèdici (September 27, 1389 – August 1, 1464) is the first of the Medici political dynasty, de facto rulers of Florence during much of the Italian Renaissance; also known as "Cosimo 'the Elder'" ("il Vecchio") and "Cosimo Pater Patriae"