[1] In 1530, he married Alessandra di Vincenzo Ugolini; the couple had four children before his wife's death in 1550.
[1] He was a counselor to Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, who entrusted him with many important missions and made him a senator.
[1] He was the ambassador of Duchy of Florence to the court of Pope Paul III, and then, in 1538, to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
[1] Pope Pius IV made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 12 March 1565.
[1] He participated in the papal conclave of 1565-66 that elected Pope Pius V.[1] He died in Siena on 15 August 1567.