Filippo Strozzi the Younger

An Italian banker Filippo was a prominent member of the Strozzi family in the Renaissance Florence who completed the construction of the famous Palazzo Strozzi commenced by his father.

The Strozzi family that grew rich through commerce take an active part in the government of the city after the 13th century. In the later period, the Strozzi would become the fierce opponents of the Medici rule in Florence.

Filippo started his career in 1513 as a treasurer at Ferrara, and soon became a prominent personage in political and economic life of Florence. In an act of reconciliation he married Clarice de' Medici, daughter of the Piero de’Medici the Unfortunate, with whom he had had ten children. Having served as the administrator of papal finances under Leo X and Clement VII from the Medici family, Filippo would become one of the richest men of his time. Despite the family ties, later he participated in the uprising against Medici rule in Florence.

Held captive by Cosimo I, he eventually died in prison, perhaps by committing suicide.