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The Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Italian: Granducato di Toscana; Latin: Magnus Ducatus Etruriae) was an Italian monarchy that existed, with interruptions, from 1569 to 1860, replacing the Republic of Florence. [2] The grand duchy's capital was Florence. In the 19th century the population of the Grand Duchy was about 1,815,000 inhabitants. [3]
The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was the first period after centuries of political divisions, when most of the region was under the rule of a single leader. The Grand Duchy's territory comprised almost the entire region of present-day Tuscany, with the exception of the Republic of Lucca , the Principality of Piombino , the Duchy of Massa and Carrara ...
The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was founded in 1569. It succeeded the Duchy of Florence. The grand duchy was initially ruled by the House of Medici, until their extinction in 1737. The grand duchy passed to the House of Lorraine, and then, to its cadet branch, the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. The House of Habsburg-Lorraine ruled Tuscany from 1765 to ...
The Royal houses, of which members ruled the Grand Duchy of Tuscany (and/or its predecessor or successor States), a central Italian monarchy that existed as the March of Tuscany (846–1198), the Republic of Florence (1115–1532), the Duchy of Florence (1532–1569), and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1569–1801 and 1815–1859), following which it was merged into the United Provinces of ...
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 Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1569−1859) — located in the Tuscany region of the Italian Peninsula. A former grand duchy of the Holy Roman Empire . The main article for this category is Grand Duchy of Tuscany .
Expatriates from the Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1 C, 1 P) G. Grand duchesses of Tuscany (3 C, 16 P) Grand dukes of Tuscany (6 C, 2 P) M.
Ferdinando was the fifth son (the third surviving at the time of his birth) of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Eleanor of Toledo, the daughter of Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, Marquis of Villafranca, the Spanish viceroy of the Kingdom of Naples.