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Cosimo DE'MEDICI, I

Male 1519 - 1574  (54 years)


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  1. 1.  Cosimo DE'MEDICI, I was born on 12 Jun 1519 in Florence; died on 21 Apr 1574.

    Cosimo married Eleonora DE TOLEDO in 1539. Eleonora (daughter of Don Pedro Alvarez DE TOLEDO and Maria Osorio PIMENTEL) was born in 1519; died in 1562. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Maria DE'MEDICI  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 03 Apr 1540; died on 19 Nov 1557.
    2. 3. Grand Duke of Tuscany Francesco DE'MEDICI, I  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Mar 1541; died on 19 Oct 1587.
    3. 4. Isabella DE'MEDICI  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Aug 1542; died on 16 Jul 1576.
    4. 5. Giovanni DE'MEDICI  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Sep 1543; died in Nov 1562.
    5. 6. Lucrezia DE'MEDICI  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 07 Jun 1545; died on 21 Apr 1561.
    6. 7. Pedricco DE'MEDICI  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Aug 1546; died on 10 Jun 1547.
    7. 8. Garzia DE'MEDICI  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 05 Jul 1547; died on 12 Dec 1562.
    8. 9. Antonio DE'MEDICI  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1548; died in 1548.
    9. 10. Grand Duke of Tuscany Ferdinando DE'MEDICI, I  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Jul 1549; died on 17 Feb 1609.
    10. 11. Anna DE'MEDICI  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1553; died in 1553.
    11. 12. Pietro DE'MEDICI  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 03 Jun 1554; died on 25 Apr 1604.

    Cosimo married Camilla MARTELLI in 1570. Camilla died in 1574. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Giovanni DE'MEDICI  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1567; died in 1621.
    2. 14. Daughter DE'MEDICI  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1566; died in 1566.
    3. 15. Virginia DE'MEDICI  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 May 1568; died on 15 Jan 1615.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Maria DE'MEDICI Descendancy chart to this point (1.Cosimo1) was born on 03 Apr 1540; died on 19 Nov 1557.

  2. 3.  Grand Duke of Tuscany Francesco DE'MEDICI, I Descendancy chart to this point (1.Cosimo1) was born on 25 Mar 1541; died on 19 Oct 1587.

    Notes:

    Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (25 March 1541 ? 19 October 1587) was the second Grand Duke of Tuscany, ruling from 1574 to 1587.

    Biography
    He was the son of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Eleonora di Toledo, and served as regent for his father starting in 1564.

    On December 18, 1565, he married Johanna of Austria, youngest daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary.

    By all reports, it was not a happy marriage. Joanna was homesick for her native Austria, and Francesco was neither charming nor faithful. After her death at age thirty (1578), there were rumors that Francesco and his Venetian mistress, Bianca Cappello, had conspired to poison Joanna. The Medici marriages of his day were not exemplar. Pietro, the younger brother of Francesco, had his wife's paramour killed; subsequently, by report, when his wife became distraught at learning the news, he personally strangled her. Soon after the Grand Duchess Joanna had died, Francesco himself went on to marry Bianca, after aptly disposing of her husband, a Florentine bureaucrat. By report, he built and decorated Villa Pratolino for her. She was, however, not always popular among Florentines. They had no children, but Francesco adopted her daughter by first marriage Pellegrina (1564- ?) and her son Antonio (August 29, 1576 - May 2, 1621), who was first adopted as newborn child by Bianca Cappello with the intention to present him to Francesco as "own child" by means of changeling.

    Francesco I of Tuscany as a young boy, painting by Bronzino.Like his father, Francesco was often despotic, but while Cosimo had known how to maintain Florentine independence, Francesco acted more like a vassal of his father-in-law, the emperor, and subsequent Holy Roman Emperors. He continued the heavy taxation of his subjects in order to pay large sums to the empire.

    He had an amateur's interest in manufacturing and sciences. He founded porcelain and stoneware manufacture, but these did not thrive until after his death. He continued his father's patronage of the arts, supporting artists and building the Medici Theater as well as founding the Accademia della Crusca. He was also passionately interested in chemistry and alchemy and spent many hours in his private laboratory/curio collection, the Studiolo in the Palazzo Vecchio, which held his collections of natural item and stones and allowed him to dabble in amateur chemistry and alchemical schemes.

    Francesco and Bianca died on the same day, possibly poisoned or, more likely, from malarial fever. Because of her infamy and low social rank, she was refused burial in the family tomb. Francesco was succeeded by his younger brother Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

    There is a famous portrait of Francesco as a child by Agnolo Bronzino, which hangs in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

    Francesco married Johanna Of AUSTRIA on 18 Dec 1565. Johanna (daughter of Ferdinand I Holy Roman EMPEROR and Anna Of Bohemia And HUNGARY) was born on 24 Jan 1547; died on 10 Apr 1578. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Eleonora DE'MEDICI  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 01 Mar 1566; died on 09 Sep 1611.
    2. 17. Romola DE'MEDICI  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Nov 1568; died on 02 Dec 1568.
    3. 18. Anna DE'MEDICI  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Dec 1569; died on 19 Feb 1584.
    4. 19. Isabella DE'MEDICI  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Sep 1571; died on 08 Aug 1572.
    5. 20. Lucrezia DE'MEDICI  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 07 Nov 1572; died on 14 Aug 1574.
    6. 21. Maria DE'MEDICI  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Apr 1573 in Florence; died on 03 Jul 1642 in Cologne.
    7. 22. Filippo DE'MEDICI  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 May 1577; died on 29 Mar 1582.

  3. 4.  Isabella DE'MEDICI Descendancy chart to this point (1.Cosimo1) was born on 31 Aug 1542; died on 16 Jul 1576.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Murdered by her husband beause of her infidelity.

    Family/Spouse: Paolo Giordano I ORSINI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 5.  Giovanni DE'MEDICI Descendancy chart to this point (1.Cosimo1) was born on 28 Sep 1543; died in Nov 1562.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Bishop of Pisa and cardinal


  5. 6.  Lucrezia DE'MEDICI Descendancy chart to this point (1.Cosimo1) was born on 07 Jun 1545; died on 21 Apr 1561.

    Lucrezia married Alfonso D'ESTE, II in 1560. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 7.  Pedricco DE'MEDICI Descendancy chart to this point (1.Cosimo1) was born on 10 Aug 1546; died on 10 Jun 1547.

  7. 8.  Garzia DE'MEDICI Descendancy chart to this point (1.Cosimo1) was born on 05 Jul 1547; died on 12 Dec 1562.

  8. 9.  Antonio DE'MEDICI Descendancy chart to this point (1.Cosimo1) was born in 1548; died in 1548.

  9. 10.  Grand Duke of Tuscany Ferdinando DE'MEDICI, I Descendancy chart to this point (1.Cosimo1) was born on 30 Jul 1549; died on 17 Feb 1609.

    Ferdinando married Grand Duchess of Tuscany Christina Of LORRAINE on 03 May 1589. Christina (daughter of Charles III Duke Of LORRAINE and Claude Of VALOIS) was born on 16 Aug 1565 in Nancy; died on 19 Dec 1637 in Florence. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo DE'MEDICI, II  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 May 1590; died on 28 Feb 1621.
    2. 24. Claudia DE'MEDICI  Descendancy chart to this point

  10. 11.  Anna DE'MEDICI Descendancy chart to this point (1.Cosimo1) was born in 1553; died in 1553.

  11. 12.  Pietro DE'MEDICI Descendancy chart to this point (1.Cosimo1) was born on 03 Jun 1554; died on 25 Apr 1604.

  12. 13.  Giovanni DE'MEDICI Descendancy chart to this point (1.Cosimo1) was born in 1567; died in 1621.

  13. 14.  Daughter DE'MEDICI Descendancy chart to this point (1.Cosimo1) was born in 1566; died in 1566.

  14. 15.  Virginia DE'MEDICI Descendancy chart to this point (1.Cosimo1) was born on 29 May 1568; died on 15 Jan 1615.

    Family/Spouse: Cesare D'Este Duke Of MODENA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
  

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