—— Cosimo I, de’, reception of Eleonora of Toledo by, 11; as a child at Trebbio, 21, 22, 24; created Grand Duke by Pius V, 41; gives Villa Baroncelli (afterwards Poggio Imperiale) to his daughter Isabella, 44; at Petraja, 56, 57; confiscation of Bellosguardo by, 61; retires to Castello after his marriage with Camilla Martelli, 69; letter from, about his marriage, 69, 99, 110, 148. —— Cosimo II, de’, 45. —— Cosimo III, de’, marriage of, to Marguerite Louise d’ Orleans, 13; quarrels with his wife, 14–15, 45, 51, 58, 70, 72, 89, 95; imprisons the wife of Roberto Acciajuoli, 123; condemns Roberto Acciajuoli to perpetual imprisonment, 124; 151. —— Eleonora de’, (of Toledo), marries Cosimo I, 11; dislike of the Florentines to, 57. —— Eleonora de’, Donna, (of Toledo), description of, 21; murder of, by her husband Don Pietro, 22; letter by Francesco I, about murder of, 22. —— Ferdinando de’, Cardinal, goes to Poggio a Cajano, 11; becomes Grand Duke of Tuscany, 23; 57. —— Ferdinando I, de’ (late Cardinal), 13; 24; grants Lappeggi to Don Antonio, 48; Buontalenti commissioned to enlarge Petraja by, 57; 70; Villa dell’ Ambrogiana built by, 88; death of, 89; 94; Villa Ferdinanda a Artimino built by, 150. —— Ferdinando II, de’, attempt to resuscitate Platonic Academy by, 36; marries Vittoria della Rovere, 45; 70; takes Sir Robert Dudley into his service, 75; 78, 106. —— Ferdinando de’, Prince, 45; love of music of, 95; letter from Scarlatti to, 95; death of, 95. —— Francesco I, de’, 11; death of at Poggio a Cajano, described by Galluzzi, 12–13; letters of, about murder of Donna Eleonora at Cafaggiulo, 22–23; Lappeggi bought by, 48; Pratolino built by, 91; 92; 141. —— Francesco Maria de’, Cardinal, rebuilds Lappeggi, 49; practical joke of, 49; entertains King of Denmark at Lappeggi, 50; marriage of, to Eleonora Gonzaga, 51; death of, 51; 52. —— Giancarlo de’, dies at Castello, 70. —— Giangastone de’ (or Gastone), last of the Medici, 45; 50. —— Giuliano de’, letter of as a child, 18; 19, 29, 30; murder of, 84. —— Giulio de’, see Clemente VII, Pope. —— Giovanni de’, see Leo X, Pope. —— ——, Villa at Fiesole built for, 82. —— ——, husband of Maria Salviati, 68. —— ——, (Delle Bande Nere) childhood of, 68. —— Isabella de’, married to P. G. Orsini, Duke of Bracciano, 45; murder of, by her husband, 45. —— Ippolito de’, 69. —— Joan de’ (of Austria), 11. —— Lorenzino de’, 21, 36.