Giovanni Corsi

Giovanni Corsi (5 February 1600 – 11 March 1661) was a noble Italian Marquis, Knight, Patron, Ambassador and Senator of Florence in 1637.

When his father died in 1602 he was adopted by his uncle Bardo Corsi, who raised him as a son, as well as all his brothers and sisters.

[1][2] He studied at the Accademia Militare di Parma, where he learned about the Code of Chivalry and became a Knight.

[1] In 1634, Giovanni was sent by Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany as ambassador to Milan to honor the new governor.

[1][4] After his death, a chapel was erected in his honor by his daughter Laura, who had married the Marquis of Bontieri and Boccheggiano Giovanni Vincenzo Salviati.

Giovanni Corsi in 1628 by Valore and Domenico Casini .