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Medici, House of
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10120a.htmA Florentine family, the members of which, having acquired great wealth as bankers, rose in a few generations to be first the unofficial rulers of the republic of Florence and afterwards the recognized sovereigns of Tuscany.
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