The Corsini Family in Encyclopædia Britannica
… a Florentine princely family, whose first recorded ancestors rose to wealth as wool merchants in the 13th century. As typical members of the popolo grasso (rich merchants) that ruled Florence during the later European Middle Ages, they regularly served as priors and ambassadors of the commune.
Filippo Corsini (1334–1421) was created count palatine by the emperor Charles IV in…
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