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Gian Gastone de' Medici (born Giovanni Battista Gastone; 25 May 1671 – 9 July 1737) was the seventh and last Medicean grand duke of Tuscany. He was the second son of Grand Duke Cosimo III and Marguerite Louise d'Orléans . [ 2 ]
3 Habsburg-Lorraine grand dukes of Tuscany, 1737–1801. ... Gian Gastone de' Medici: 24 May 1671 – 9 July 1737 31 October 1723 – 9 July 1737
As Grand Prince Ferdinando, Gian Gastone's elder brother, predeceased Cosimo III, Gian Gastone succeeded his father in 1723. Gian Gastone for most of his life, kept to his bed and acted in an unregal manner, rarely appearing to his subjects, to the extent that, at times, he had been thought dead. Gian Gastone would repeal his father's puritan ...
Gian Gastone with the new grand ducal crown, modified from the previous. 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.
Giuliano Dami (14 September 1683 – 5 April 1750) was the favourite and valet (Aiutante di Camera) of Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1723 – 1737). He is known for the "magnetic influence" [5] he exercised on the last Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany, and for his relationship with him.
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July 26 – Henri-Pons de Thiard de Bissy, French Catholic priest, bishop and cardinal (b. 1657) July 9 – Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1671) July 26 – Johan Cronman, Swedish general (b. 1662) July 27 – Maria Maddalena Martinengo, Italian nun (b. 1687) September 27 – John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy ...
Franz Ferdinand Richter, Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1737 (Palazzo Pitti) Francesco Maria Veracini; engraving by John June, after a painting by Richter. Franz Ferdinand Richter (c.1693, Ebersdorf, near Breslau - after 1737, Florence) was a German Baroque painter who worked in Italy .