- Catherine de Médicis.
- Italian banker, statesman, and patron of art and literature.
- duke of Florence and first grand duke of Tuscany.
- Leo X.
- Clement VII.
- poet and patron of the arts and literature: ruler of Florence 1478–92 (father of Leo X).
- Marie de Médicis.
- an Italian family of bankers, merchants, and rulers of Florence and Tuscany, prominent in Italian political and cultural history in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, including
- Catherine de' (kaˈtriːn de). See Catherine de' Medici
- Cosimo I (ˈkɔːzimo), known as Cosimo the Great. 1519–74, duke of Florence and first grand duke of Tuscany (1569–74)
- Cosimo de', known as Cosimo the Elder. 1389–1464, Italian banker, statesman, and patron of arts, who established the political power of the family in Florence (1434)
- Giovanni de', (dʒoˈvanni de). See Leo X
- Giulio de' (ˈdʒuːljo de). See Clement VII
- Lorenzo de' (loˈrɛntso de), known as Lorenzo the Magnificent. 1449–92, Italian statesman, poet, and scholar; ruler of Florence (1469–92) and first patron of Michelangelo
- Maria de' (maˈriːa de). See Maria de' Medici
