Antonio di Puccio Pucci (c. 1350 – after 1416) was an Italian architect and politician from the Pucci family

Pucci family

The Pucci family was a major political family in Florence.-History:The family surname derives from an ancestor named Jacopo, abbreviated to Jacopuccio, then to Puccio, who was considered wise and frequently called upon to settle disputes - there are records of two such interventions in 1264 and 1287...

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Life

A member of the Arte dei Legnaioli (woodworkers' guild), he was one of the planned architects on the Loggia della Signoria (1379) in Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

. In 1381 he was examined and declared fit to take up Republican offices in Florence. He rose through the ranks, from Castellan

Castellan

A castellan was the governor or captain of a castle. The word stems from the Latin Castellanus, derived from castellum "castle". Also known as a constable.-Duties:...

 of Frassino

Frassino

Frassino is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km southwest of Turin and about 30 km northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 301 and an area of 16.8 km².Frassino borders the following municipalities:...

 (1385) then of Pistoia

Pistoia

Pistoia is a city and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy, the capital of a province of the same name, located about 30 km west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno.-History:...

 (1390), then multiple terms as Priore di Libertà (1396 and 1407) then Gonfaloniere di Compagnia (1400, 1405, 1412, 1416). Finally he became a member of the Magistracy of the "XII Buonuomini" (1404 and 1406) then of the Magistracy of the "VIII di Custodia e Balia" (1412). Though in 1412 he was suspected of involvement with the Alberti

Alberti

-Places:* Alberti Partido, a partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina* Alberti, Buenos Aires, the main town of the partido-Other:*Alberti bass, a musical accompaniment figuration, usually in the left hand on a keyboard instrument...

 counts, declared a rebel and exiled, he was pardoned aroundd 1416, when he took up office as castellan of Torre di Sant’Alberto and Casseretto ad Arezzo

Arezzo

Arezzo is a city and comune in Central Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about 80 km southeast of Florence, at an elevation of 296 m above sea level. In 2011 the population was about 100,000....

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In 1404 he bought the chapel of San Sebastiano in church of Santissima Annunziata in Florence from the Servites, with the unusual condition in the acquisition contract that the Servites were required to invite the two senior members of the Pucci family to dinner on every Saint Sebastian's day (20 January).

Marriage and issue

He married twice:

1. in 1384, to Bartolomea del Giocondo, with the following issue
   • Puccio Pucci
     Puccio Pucci (politician)
     Puccio Pucci was a Florentine politician and the founder of the main branch of the Pucci family....
     
     , founder of the main Pucci noble line.
   • Giovanni, politician
   • Niccolò, Servite monk
2. in 1401, to Lucia Orlandini, with the following issue
   • Benintendi, politician
   • Saracino, founder of the marchionate Pucci line, with the three branches admitted to the Florentine Patriciate in 1752
   • Piero, ally of Cosimo the Elder
     Cosimo de' Medici
     Còsimo di Giovanni degli Mèdici was the first of the Medici political dynasty, de facto rulers of Florence during much of the Italian Renaissance; also known as "Cosimo 'the Elder'" and "Cosimo Pater Patriae" .-Biography:Born in Florence, Cosimo inherited both his wealth and his expertise in...
     
     
   • Ghita
   • Lucrezia
   • Giovanna