Acciajuoli family

The Acciaiuoli family was a prominent and wealthy Florentine family with significant influence in the 14th century. Niccolò Acciaiuoli (1310–1365) was a key figure, serving as a statesman, soldier, and grand seneschal of Naples. He directed the family's banking interests in Naples and held considerable power at the Neapolitan court, playing a role in royal marriages and defending the kingdom against foreign invasions. The family's wealth and influence extended to financial dealings with the papacy, similar to other prominent Florentine families like the Alberti, who were also influential bankers and patrons of the arts in the same period.12