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Los Médici (pron. esp. médichi) fueron una poderosa e influyente familia del Renacimiento en Florencia entre cuyos miembros se destacaron cuatro papas: León X, Clemente VII, Pío IV y León XI; dos reinas de Francia: Catalina de Médici y María de Médici; y numerosos dirigentes florentinos, miembros de las casas reales de Francia e Inglaterra, que sobresalieron por ser mecenas ...

Etymology. The English word corset is derived from the Old French word corps and the diminutive of body, which itself derives from corpus—Latin for body. The term "corset” was in use in the late 14th century, from the French "corset" which meant "a kind of laced bodice."

Catherine de’ Medici, also called Catherine de Médicis, Italian Caterina de’ Medici, (born April 13, 1519, Florence [Italy]—died January 5, 1589, Blois, France), queen consort of Henry II of France (reigned 1547–59) and subsequently regent of France (1560–74), who was one of the most influential personalities of the Catholic–Huguenot wars.