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Pope Clement VII as played by Ian McElhinnery
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| Born May 26, 1478 - died 1534 Character's backstory: Born in Florence as Giulio di Giuliano de'Medici a month after his father, Giuliano de Medici, was assassinated in the Pazzi Conspiracy, his parents had not had a formal marriage but a special loophole allowing for the parents to be bethrothed meant that he would be considered legitimate. He was made a Knight of Rhodes and Grand Prior of Capua and when his cousin, Pope Leo X, was elected as Pope, he became a powerful figure in Rome. Upon his cousin's accession to Papacy, he became his principal minister and confidant, especially in the maintenence of the Medici interest at Florence as archbishop of that city. On September 23, 1513, he was made a cardinal and he was consecrated on September 29. He was given credit for being the main director of papal policy during all of Pope Leo X's pontificate. He came to the papal throne on November 19, 1523, after the reign of Pope Adrian VI and died September 25, 1534, aged 56, in Rome, Italy. He was succeeded by Pope Paul III. He would be remembered for being a large part of the English Reformation, especially during Henry VIII's annulment with Catherine Of Aragon and marriage to Anne Boleyn. He excommunicated Henry and Thomas Cramner from the Roman Catholic Church in 1533. He is also remembered for ordering, a few days before his death, Michelangelo's painting of The Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel. Gentility: The son of Giuliano de Medici, assassinated in the conspiracy of the Pazzi at Florence, and of a certain Fioretta, daughter of Antonia Position: Roman Catholic Pope from 1523 to 1534 Personality type: Signature look: Endearing trait(s): When he came to the Papal Throne, he brought a reputation for political ability and possesed all the accomplishments of a wily diplomat. Annoying trait(s): He was considered wordly and indifferent to what went on around him, including the ongoing Protestant Reformation. |  "learned, clever, respectable and industrious, though he had little enterprise and less decision" (Armstrong, Charles V, I, 166) |
CHARACTER CONNECTIONSFamily members: Part of the powerful Medici Family. His father was Giuliano de Medici and his mother was Fioretta. He was also nephew to Lorenzo the Magnificent, cousin to Pope Leo X and uncle to Catherine de Medici, Queen Of France Romance(s): As basically his whole life was dedicated to serving the Roman Catholic Church, he never had any romances. Friends: Enemies: |
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