Raimondo di Cabanni (a.k.a. Raymond of Campagno) (?-1334)
Although the African ancestry of Alessandro de’ Medici (1510-1537), the first Duke of Florence, is widely known, few people are aware of Raimondo di Cabanni who a century earlier exercised significant authority in late-medieval Italy. He was a slave purchased from pirates by a Neapolitan merchant, and details … Read MoreRaimondo di Cabanni (a.k.a. Raymond of Campagno) (?-1334)