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| Altoviti | |
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| Noble family | |
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| Country | Florence, Italy |
| Founded | 1200 |
| Founder | Altovito Corbizzi (1200–1250) |
| Titles | Marquis Count Patriarch of Antioch Archbishop of Athens Archbishop of Fiesole Archbishop of Florence |
| Cadet branches | Altoviti Medici Altoviti Cybo Altoviti Avila Altoviti San Galletti |
The Altoviti are a prominent noble family of Florence, Italy. Since the medieval period they were one of the most distinguished banking and political families appointed to the highest offices of the Republic of Florence, friends and patrons of Galileo Galilei, Vasari, Raphael, and Michelangelo. They had a close personal relationship with the papacy. Through a predominant endogamous marriage policy they established alliances with dynasties of principal and papal nobility as the Medici, Cybo, Rospigliosi, Sacchetti, Corsini, and Aldobrandini.
Three popes have blood relations with the Altoviti; Innocent VIII, Clement IX and Clement XII. Pope Innocent VIII was the uncle of La Papessa Dianora Altoviti Cybo. Her son Bindo Altoviti became one of the most influential papal bankers and patron of the arts of the Renaissance. The Altoviti are still present and descendants continue to be involved in art and culture.