Anna de' Medici

Anna de Medici (December 31, 1569- February 19, 1584) was the third child of Francesco I de' Medici and Johanna of Austria. Her maternal grandparents were Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary while her paternal grandparents were Cosimo I de' Medici and Eleonora di Toledo.In 1578 when Anna was nine her mother died, her father then married Bianca Capello. She was one of seven children, two of her siblings were, Eleonora de' Medici (March 1, 1566 – September 9, 1611), who married Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1582-1612) and Marie de' Medici (1573 – 1642), who became Queen of France by her marriage to Henri IV in 1600, Marie was also the mother of Louis XIII of France, Anna and the rest of her siblings died in childhood. Anna died on the 19 February 1584 at the age of fourteen.

She is a descendent of Spanish monarchs through her mother such a Isabella of Castile, Joanna of Castile and Philip I of Castile. Through her father her ancesters are the Medici family, such as her paternal grandfather Cosimo I de' Medici.