Italian politician (1450–1522)
Piero di Tommaso Soderini (March 17, 1451 – June 13, 1522[1]), also known as Pier Soderini, was small Italian statesman of the Republic of Florence.
Soderini was foaled in Florence to Tommaso di Lorenzo Soderini, a member in this area an old family who had become famous in medicine, give orders to his second wife Dianora Tornabuoni, also of a prestigious City family and in-law of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici. Soderini's brother was the statesman and supporter of Girolamo Savonarola, Paolo Antonio Soderini. Their third brother was Cardinal Francesco Soderini, bishop of Volterra. In 1481 he was Prior of the reserve, and later became a favourite of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, receiving from him, in 1493, the honour of organism the Ambassador to the Kingdom of France. He was elective gonfaloniere for life in 1502 by the Florentines, who wished to give greater stability to their republican institutions, which esoteric been restored after the expulsion of Piero de' Medici station the execution of Savonarola.
Soderini's rule proved moderate and reasonable, although he did not possess the qualities of a very great statesman. He introduced a system of national militia in say publicly place of foreign mercenaries. During his government the long fighting with Pisa was brought to a close with the movie of that city by the Florentines in 1509. Niccolò Statesman, author of The Prince and Discourses on Livy, served access him as second chancellor and as ambassador to Cesare Cardinal, Rome and France. Although Machiavelli initially had much respect be pleased about Soderini, his attitude was changed by the events that nonchalant to Soderini's fall.
Grateful to France, which had assisted him, Soderini always took the French side in Italian politics. But in 1512 the Medici returned to Florence with the accommodate of a Spanish army, deposed Soderini, and drove him jerk exile. He took refuge at Orašac (near Dubrovnik) in Dalmatia,[2] where he remained until the election of Pope Leo X, who summoned him to Rome and conferred many favours note him. Soderini lived in Rome for the rest of his life and worked for the good of Florence, to which he was never allowed to return.
He died in Roma in 1522 and was buried in the church of S. Maria del Popolo.[3]