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Medici
noun
name of a family of rich, powerful bankers, merchants, & rulers of Florence & Tuscany in the 14th, 15th, & 16th cent., also noted as patrons of art & literature
Related Forms:
- Medicean adjective
- Medici, Catherine de' 1519-89; queen of Henry II of France (1547-59)Fr. name Catherine de Médicis
- Medici, Cosimo de' 1389-1464; head of the Florentine Republic: called the Elder
- Medici, Cosimo I de' 1519-74; grand duke of Tuscany (1569-74): called the Great
- Medici, Lorenzo de' 1449-92; ruler of Florence (1469-92): called the Magnificent
- Medici, Maria de' 1573-1642; queen of Henry IV of France (1600-10): queen regent (1610-17)Fr. name Marie de Médicis
See Medici in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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