Francesco Maria de' Medici

Francesco Maria de' Medici (12 November 1660 – 3 February 1711 in Bagno a Ripoli) was an Italian cardinal.

Born in Florence, he was the second son of Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Vittoria della Rovere.

In 1683 he was appointed to governor of Siena, a position he maintained until his death. Three years later he was created cardinal. Francesco Maria exerted a notable influence in the conclaves of 1689 and 1700.

He resided in the family Villa di Lappeggi, which he had restored and where he gained infamy for the feasts and orgies he organized. In 1709, when his health had already deteriorated, he obtained the Papal dispensation from the cardinalate, and was forced to marry Eleonora Luisa Gonzaga, daughter of Vincenzo Gonzaga, Count of Guastalla, in an attempt to save the dynasty. However, no descendents were born and the Medici family became extinct.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Francesco Maria de' Medici
2= 2. Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
3= 3. Vittoria della Rovere
4= 4. Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
5= 5. Maria Magdalena of Austria
6= 6. Federico della Rovere
7= 7. Claudia de' Medici
8= 8. Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
9= 9. Christina of Lorraine
10= 10. Charles II of Austria
11= 11. Maria Anna of Bavaria
12= 12. Francesco Maria II della Rovere
13= 13. Livia della Rovere
14= 14. Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (= 8)
15= 15. Christina of Lorraine (= 9)
16= 16. Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
17= 17. Eleonora di Toledo
18= 18. Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
19= 19. Claude of Valois
20= 20. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
21= 21. Anna of Bohemia and Hungary
22= 22. Albert V, Duke of Bavaria
23= 23. Anna of Austria
24= 24. Guidobaldo II della Rovere
25= 25. Vittoria Farnese
26= 26. Ippolito della Rovere
27= 27. Isabella Vitelli
28= 28. Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (= 16)
29= 29. Eleonora di Toledo (= 17)
30= 30. Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (= 18)
31= 31. Claude of Valois (= 19)