Giovanni delle Bande Nere

Ludovico di Giovanni de' Medici
Portrait of Giovanni by Carlo Portelli
Born	6 April 1498 Forlì, Papal States
Died	30 November 1526(1526-11-30) (aged 28)  (DOW) Mantua, Duchy of Mantua
Noble family	Medici
Spouse(s)	Maria Salviati
Issue	Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Father	Giovanni de' Medici il Popolano
Mother	Caterina Sforza

Ludovico de' Medici, also known as Giovanni delle Bande Nere (6 April 1498 – 30 November 1526) was an Italian condottiero. He is known for leading the Black Bands and serving valiantly in military combat under his third cousins, Pope Leo X and Pope Clement VII, in the War of Urbino and the War of the League of Cognac, respectively.