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Grand Duke Ferdinand I sought to expand Tuscany's naval strength during his reign, and cooperated with the Order of Saint Stephen, which often blurred the line between itself and the Tuscan navy. The Order in 1604 counted among its fleet 6 galleys, 3 roundships/ bertoni , 2 transports, 1 galleon, and 1 galleass, supplemented by other ships ...
The title of Grand Duke, was in fact the second title of recognition within the Tuscan politics given by a Pope to the Medici family, the first being that of Duke of the Florentine Republic, created by Pope Clement VII in 1532. [3] [4] The official residence of the Grand Dukes was the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, bought by the Medici in 1549. [5]
Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany: 10. Jacopo Salviati: 5. Maria Salviati: 11. Lucrezia de' Medici: 1. Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany: 12. Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Enríquez, 2nd Duke of Alba: 6. Pedro de Toledo y Zúñiga: 13. Isabel de Zúñiga y Pimentel: 3. Eleanor of Toledo: 14. Luis Pimentel y Pacheco, 1st ...
The Tuscan Republic is the name often given to the brief period between February 1849 when Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany fled Florence and April of the same year. [1] [2] [3]: xii [4]: 144, 173 In fact, although Tuscany had a provisional government with strong republican tendencies during this period, a republic was never officially proclaimed.
When Cosimo III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1670–1723) received the "right to royal rank" from Vienna, he added arches and a globe to the top of the grand ducal crown, as these were the typical elements of a royal crown. The new status of the Grand Duchy included among other things a change of style from Altezza Serenissima to Altezza Reale.
The expedition has cost the Tuscans 21 killed and 20 wounded. [9] The Greeks who promised to aid the Tuscans did not arrive, as the Greeks either expected a lot more men or, more likely, they did not respect the agreements made because, although they did not know in advance the extent of the Tuscan forces, they did not show up where it was previously agreed.
Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany: 4. Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany: 9. Eleonora di Toledo: 2. Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany: 10. Charles III, Duke of Lorraine: 5. Christina of Lorraine: 11. Claude of Valois: 1. Francesco de' Medici: 12. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor: 6. Charles II of Austria: 13. Anna ...
Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany: 17. Maria Salviati: 4. Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany: 18. Pedro Álvarez de Toledo: 9. Eleonora di Toledo: 19. Maria Osorio Pimentel, Marchioness of Villafranca del Bierzo: 2. Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany: 20. Francis I, Duke of Lorraine: 10. Charles III, Duke of ...