Grand Princesses of Tuscany
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The Grand Princess of Tuscany was the spouse of the Grand Prince of Tuscany, heir to the Tuscan throne
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Grand Duchy of Tuscany
The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was a central Italian monarchy that existed, with interruptions, from 1569 to 1859, replacing the Duchy of Florence. The grand duchy's capital was Florence...
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House of Medici
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Princess | Ceased to be Princess | Death | Spouse |
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| Joanna of Austria | Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I was Holy Roman Emperor from 1558 and king of Bohemia and Hungary from 1526 until his death. Before his accession, he ruled the Austrian hereditary lands of the Habsburgs in the name of his elder brother, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.The key events during his reign were the contest... (Habsburg Habsburg The House of Habsburg , also found as Hapsburg, and also known as House of Austria is one of the most important royal houses of Europe and is best known for being an origin of all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1438 and 1740, as well as rulers of the Austrian Empire and... ) |
24 January 1547 | 18 December 1565 | 21 April 1574 became Grand Duchess |
11 April 1578 | Francesco de' Medici Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany was the second Grand Duke of Tuscany, ruling from 1574 to 1587.- Biography :... |
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| Maria Maddalena of Austria | Charles II, Archduke of Austria Charles II, Archduke of Austria Charles II Francis of Austria was an Archduke of Austria and ruler of Inner Austria from 1564... (Habsburg) |
7 October 1589 | 19 October 1608 | 17 February 1609 became Grand Duchess |
1 November 1631 | Cosimo de' Medici Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo II de' Medici was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1609 until 1621. He was the elder son of the then incumbent Grand Duke and Christina of Lorraine. He married Maria Magdalena of Austria, and had eight children.... |
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| Marguerite Louise d'Orléans Marguerite Louise d'Orléans Marguerite Louise d'Orléans was Grand Duchess of Tuscany, as the wife of Grand Duke Cosimo III de' Medici. Deprived of her lover, Charles V of Lorraine, and yearning for France, Marguerite Louise despised her husband and his family, whom she often quarrelled with and falsely suspected of... |
Gaston, Duke of Orléans Gaston, Duke of Orléans Gaston of France, , also known as Gaston d'Orléans, was the third son of King Henry IV of France and his wife Marie de Medici. As a son of the king, he was born a Fils de France. He later acquired the title Duke of Orléans, by which he was generally known during his adulthood... (Orléans House of Orleans Orléans is the name used by several branches of the Royal House of France, all descended in the legitimate male line from the dynasty's founder, Hugh Capet. It became a tradition during France's ancien régime for the duchy of Orléans to be granted as an appanage to a younger son of the king... ) |
28 July 1645 | 20 June 1661 | 23 May 1670 became Grand Duchess |
17 September 1721 | Cosimo de' Medici Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo III de' Medici was the penultimate Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany. He reigned from 1670 to 1723, and was the elder son of Grand Duke Ferdinando II. Cosimo's 53-year long reign, the longest in Tuscan history, was marked by a series of ultra-reactionary laws which regulated prostitution and... |
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| Violante Beatrice of Bavaria | Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 1651 to 1679.-Biography:He was born in Munich... (Wittelsbach) |
23 January 1673 | 9 January 1689 | 31 October 1713 husbands death |
30 May 1731 | Ferdinando de' Medici | ||
| Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg was the legal Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg in the eyes of the Holy Roman Emperor, the overlord of Saxe-Lauenburg, from 1689 until 1728; however, because her distant cousin George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, conquered the duchy by force in 1689, she... |
Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg Julius Francis was duke of Saxe-Lauenburg between 1666 and 1689. He was a son of Duke Julius Henry and his third wife Anna Magdalena of Lobkowicz , daughter of Baron William the Younger Popel von Lobkowitz... (Ascania) |
13 June 1673 | 2 July 1697 | 31 October 1723 | 31 October 1723 became Grand Duchess |
15 October 1741 | Gian Gastone de' Medici Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany Gian Gastone de' Medici was the seventh and last Medicean Grand Duke of Tuscany. He was the second son of Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, Princess of France... |
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