 The title "Duke of Florence" was chosen because it would bolster Medici power in the region.In April 1532, the Pope convinced the "Balía", Florence's ruling commission, to draw up a new constitution, which formally created a hereditary monarchy.It abolished the age-old "signoria" (elective government) and the office of "gonfaloniere" (titular head-of-state elected for a two-month term) and replaced it with three institutions