Francesco de' Pazzi
Francesco de' Pazzi was an Italian banker and one of the instigators of the Pazzi Conspiracy. He, Jacopo de' Pazzi and Renato de' Pazzi were executed after the plot failed.
On Sunday, 26 April 1478, in an incident known as the Pazzi conspiracy, a group headed by Girolamo Riario, Francesco de' Pazzi and Francesco Salviati attacked Lorenzo de' Medici and his brother, the co-ruler Giuliano, in the Duomo of Florence, Santa Maria del Fiore, in an attempt to seize control of the Florentine government. Giuliano de' Medici was assassinated by Francesco de' Pazzi and Bernardo Baroncelli. He was killed by a sword wound to the head and was stabbed 19 times.Francesco de' Pazzi is played by Ludovico Contini as a bass voice in the opera I Medici, composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo.
He is a character in the videogame Assassin's Creed II and is voice acted by Andreas Apergis, where he has a son named Vieri, who appears also in '. Both characters are killed by the series protagonist Ezio Auditore da Firenze.
Elliot Levey portrayed Francesco de' Pazzi in TV series Da Vinci's Demons.
Francesco is referenced in the movie Hannibal where Hannibal Lecter meets a modern day relative, Chief Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi. Rinaldo tries to capture Hannibal as part of large reward, however he meets a similar fate to his predecessor. He appears in the second season of ', played by Matteo Martari.
