STROZZI  , the name of an

ancient and noble Florentine family, which was already famous in the 14th century . Palla Strozzi (1372-1462) played an important part in the public life of Florence, and founded the first public library in Florence in the monastery of Santa Trinita . Filippo Strozzi it Vecchio (1426-1491), son of Matteo and of Alessandra Macinghi, a famous literary woman, began to build the beautiful Strozzi palace in Florence . More celebrated was another Filippo Strozzi (1488-1538), who, although married to a Medici, opposed the hegemony of that house and was one of the leaders of the rising of 1527 . On the final overthrow of the republic in 1530 Alessandro de' Medici attempted to win over Filippo Strozzi, but Strozzi had no faith in the tyrant and retired to Venice . After the murder of Alessandro he undertook the leadership of a band of republican exiles with the object of re-entering the city (1537); but having been defeated and captured and put to the torture, he committed suicide . His son Leone (1515-1554) was a distinguished admiral in the service of France and fought against the Medici; he died of a wound received while attacking Sarlino . Another Filippo (1541-1582) served in the French army, and was captured and killed by the Spaniards . Senator Carlo Strozzi (1587-1671) formed an important library and collected a valuable miscellany known as the Carle Strozziane, of which the most important part is now in the state archives of Florence; he was the author of a Storietta della cilia di Firenze dal 1279 at 1292 (unpublished) and a Storia delta casa Barberini (Rome, 1640) . The Strozzi acquired by marriage the titles of princes of Forano, dukes of Bagnolo, &c . The Strozzi palace, which belonged to the family until 1907, was bequeathed by will to the Italian nation . See A .

Bardi, Filippo Strozzi (Florence, 1894) ; B . Niccolini, Filippo Strozzi (Florence) ; C . Guasti, Le

Carte Strozziane (Florence, 1884-1891) .