BARDO di Lorenzo, a descendant of Palla di Lapo, moved to Ferrara, where his branch died out in 1737. A descendant of Loco di Lapo, Lorenzo di Giovanni Battista the Elder, was the founder of the branch that lasted in Florence throughout the 19th century, while his brother Filippo began another branch by moving to Rome. Finally, from Geri descended NANNE, founder of the Strozzi of Ferrara, and BENEDETTO, founder of those of Mantua. The Strozzi took an active part in the political struggles in Florence during the republic and in the early days of the principate, and many of them distinguished themselves in the military, ecclesiastical careers, literature, and the arts.
TOMMASO was one of the Otto Santi in the war against Gregory IX. Filippo the Elder, hostile to the Medici, was exiled from Florence; later, upon his return, he began the construction of the family palace. GIOVANNI BATTISTA known as Filippo, initially a supporter of the Medici, then, urged by his son Piero, after the death of Duke Alessandro joined the exiles; captured at Montemurlo and taken to Florence, he killed himself or was killed in prison. PIERO, at first a favorite of Duke Alessandro, later became his bitter enemy, and after his death led the opposition to Cosimo I. After the defeat at Montemurlo and his father’s death, he entered the service of the King of France and commanded his troops in the war of Siena, continuing the resistance at Montalcino. Named Marshal of France, he fought under the Duke of Guise and fell in battle at Thionville on 21 June 1558. Piero’s brother, LEONIS (b. 1515, d. 26 June 1554), despite the favors received from Clement VII, in hatred of the Medici entered the service of the Order of Malta and fought the Turks under Andrea Doria; he served France against the Medici and the Empire. He was mortally wounded while attempting a landing on the Tuscan coast. Among ecclesiastics are to be remembered: ROBERTO di Carlo, a canonist who taught at the Studium of Pisa at the end of the 15th century and was vicar general of that diocese for Cardinal Archbishop Rario, and particularly LORENZO, who, appointed by the King of France bishop of Béziers on 7 Dec. 1547, was later transferred to Albi on 14 Apr. 1561, then to Aix on 6 Feb. 1568; on 15 Mar. 1557 he had been created cardinal by Paul IV; he died at Avignon on 14 Dec. 1571. Like his relatives, he had been in the service of France. From Isabella Strozzi, wife of Bartolomeo Corsini, was born Lorenzo, later Pope Clement XII (v.). Among the literati and philosophers: Palla di Onofrio (c. 1373–1462), a Hellenist; Tito Vespasiano (1424–1505), a Latin poet; his son Ercole (1473–1508), also a Latin poet, who ended his life mysteriously assassinated; Giovanni Battista the Elder (1505–71); his Lorenzo, a Dominican nun (1514–1591); Giovanni Battista the Younger (1551–1634); Carlo (1587–1670), a scholar and collector of manuscripts, created palatine by Urban VIII. Among the artists: Zanobi, a miniaturist and painter, a pupil of the Blessed Angelico; Bernardo (1581–1644), belonging to the 17th-century school and particularly noted as a portraitist.