Full Name: Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli.
Known AS: Niccolò Machiavelli.
Nickname: Satan, Demon.

Father: Bernardo di Niccolò Machiavelli.
Mother: Bartolommea di Stefano Nelli.
Wife: Marietta Corsini (m. 1502).

Date of Birth: 3 May 1469.
Birth Place: Florence, Italy.

Date of Death: 21 June 1527 (aged 58).
Death Place: Florence, Italy.
Cause of Death: Unspecified.
Remains/Buried: Santa Croce Church, Florence, Italy.

Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Philosopher, Diplomat, Writer
Region: Western philosophy

Main Interests: Politics, Political Philosophy, Military theory, History.

Influenced: Bacon, Hobbes, Harrington, Rousseau, Vico, David Hume, John Adams, Nietzsche, Pareto, Althusser, Negri.

Major Writings: Ritratti delle cose di Francia (1510), Il Principe (1513), Vita di Castruccio (1520), Libro dell' arte della guerra (1521), La Mandragola (1524, Play), Historie Fiorentine (1532), Belfagor (1545, novel).

Italian historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher humanist and writer Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) is best known for his works The Prince and The Art of War. He is regarded as one of the great early analyzers of political power. Influenced by Socrates, Plato, Tacitus, Polybius, and Cicero; Machiavelli first broke the tradition of Aristotle and disentangle the art of politics from an ethical code based on an idealized vision of human nature.

Early Life & Childhood: Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was born on 3 May 1469 in Florence, Italy. His father, Bernardo di Niccolò Machiavelli was an attorney and mother named Bartolommea di Stefano Nelli. His father had a small personal library that included books by Greek and Roman philosophers and volumes of Italian history. His education started at age seven. Machiavelli started his education in his father's library. In June 1498, he was elected as head of the second chancery when he was 29 years old. In July 1498, he was also made the secretary of the Dieci di Libertà e Pace. From 1499 to 1512, he carried out several diplomatic missions. Between 1503 and 1506 Machiavelli was responsible for the Florentine militia, including the City's defence. His command of Florentine citizen-soldiers defeated Pisa in 1509.

Personal Life: In 1996, Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli's mother died and his father died in 1500. In 1502, he married Marietta Corsini, who bore him four sons and two daughters. Despite his own infidelities, he lived on good terms and survived his twenty-six years. His grandson, Giovanni Ricci, is credited with saving many of Machiavelli's letters and writings.

Later Life & Death: Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli's important writings were composed after 1512 when he was accused of conspiracy in 1513. In 1513 he was accused of conspiracy, arrested and imprisoned for a time. In 1519, Machiavelli was partly reconciled with the house and he was given numerous duties, together with writing a history of Florence. Once the house was booted out in 1527 he hoped for a new government post. Machiavelli's political writings became more widely known in the second half of the 16th century. His best-known works are Discorsi Sopra La Prima Deca Di Tito Livio (1531, Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livius), The Mandrake(1528, Play) and Il Principe (1532, The Prince). Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli died on June 21, 1527 and was buried at Santa Croce Church in Florence, Italy.