1410
Lord Chancellor
Appointed Chancellor
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Appointed Chancellor
John XXIII made the Medici Bank the bank of the papacy, contributing considerably to the family's wealth and prestige
Appointed Pope
Ordained as a Priest, the day before becoming Pope
Alexander V died soon after, and on 25 May 1410 Cossa was consecrated pope, taking the name John XXIII. He had been an ordained priest only one day earlier.
John XXIII was acknowledged as Pope by France, England, Bohemia, Portugal, parts of the Holy Roman Empire, and numerous Northern Italian city states, including Florence and Venice however
and parts of Germany and Poland
the Avignon Pope Benedict XIII was regarded as Pope by the Kingdoms of Aragon Castile Sicily and Scotland and Gregory XII was still favored by Ladislaus of Naples Carlo I Malatesta the princes of Bavaria Louis III Elector Palatine
Death of John Beaufort
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