Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
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Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (12 May 1590 – 28 February 1621) ruled as Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1609 to 1621.
He was the oldest son of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Christine of Lorraine.
Family and children
He married Maria Magdalena of Austria (October 7, 1589 – November 1, 1631) on October 19, 1608. Maria was a daughter of Charles II of Austria and Maria Anna of Bavaria.Maria Magdalena and Cosimo had the following children:
- Maria Cristina (August 24, 1609 – August 9, 1632)
- Ferdinando (July 14, 1610 – May 23, 1670), who married Vittoria della Rovere (February 7, 1622 – March 6, 1694), the daughter of Francesco Ubaldo della Rovere, Prince of Urbino.
- Giancarlo (July 24, 1611 – January 23, 1663), made Cardinal in 1644.
- Margherita (May 31, 1612 – February 6, 1679), who married on October 11, 1628 to Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma
- Matteo (April 9, 1613 – October 14, 1617)
- Francesco (October 16, 1614 – July 25, 1634)
- Anna (July 21, 1616 – September 11, 1676) who married on June 10, 1646 to Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria (1628-1672)
- Leopoldo (November 6, 1617 – November 10, 1675), made Cardinal in 1667.
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