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1389 – 1464Cosimo de' Medici (1389-1464)Died 1 August 1464, aged 74Cosimo de' Medici was the Florentine banker and statesman who established his family's political dominance over Florence while governing largely through informal influence rather than public office. Known as Pater Patriae, he was a major patron of Renaissance art, architecture, and humanist scholarship. His death brought his son Piero di Cosimo de' Medici to the head of the family.