Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (14 July 1610 – 23 May 1670) ruled as Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1621 to 1670.

He was the son of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Maria Magdalena of Austria. His father died when he was only 11, so his mother acted as regent when he ascended the throne. He took the reins of government himself in 1628, but he was unable to maintain the independence of Tuscany from foreign powers and the Church.

He was loved by his subjects because of his mild disposition and friendliness, although these qualities made him a bad leader. Paolo Boccone served as his court botanist.

He married Vittoria della Rovere, and they had the following children:

*Cosimo (August 14, 1642 – October 31, 1723), who married in 1661 to Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, a cousin of the King Louis XIV of France
*Francesco Maria de' Medici (12 November 1660 – 3 February 1711), a cardinal.

Ancestors

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1= 1. Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
2= 2. Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
3= 3. Maria Magdalena of Austria
4= 4. Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
5= 5. Christina of Lorraine
6= 6. Charles II of Austria
7= 7. Maria Anna of Bavaria
8= 8. Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
9= 9. Eleonora di Toledo
10= 10. Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
11= 11. Claude of Valois
12= 12. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
13= 13. Anna of Bohemia and Hungary
14= 14. Albert V, Duke of Bavaria
15= 15. Anna of Austria
16= 16. Giovanni dalle Bande Nere
17= 17. Maria Salviati
18= 18. Pedro Álvarez de Toledo
19= 19. Maria Osorio Pimentel,
Marchioness of Villafranca del Bierzo
20= 20. Francis I, Duke of Lorraine
21= 21. Christina of Denmark
22= 22. Henry II of France
23= 23. Catherine de' Medici
24= 24. Philip I of Castile
25= 25. Joanna of Castile
26= 26. Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary
27= 27. Anna of Foix-Candale
28= 28. William IV, Duke of Bavaria
29= 29. Jakobaea Maria of Baden
30= 30. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (= 12)
31= 31. Anna of Bohemia and Hungary (= 13)

References

* Napier, H. E. (1846). "Florentine history, from the earliest authentic records to the accession of Ferdinand the Third, grand duke of Tuscany." London: E. Moxon., Chapter IX -- discusses Ferdinando II's reign, marriage, etc.
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