Lodovico de Medici also known as Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (5 April 1498 – 30 November 1526) was an Italian condottiero. He was the son of Giovanni de Medici and Caterina Sforza. He was the father of Cosimo I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Condottieri (singular condottiero and condottiere) were the leaders of the professional military free companies (or mercenaries) contracted by the Italian city-states and the Papacy from the late Middle Ages and throughout the Renaissance.

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