Francesco I was the second Grand Duke of Tuscany, ruling from 1574 until his death in 1587. He was a member of the House of Medici.
Size 16 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
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Francesco IV Gonzaga 1586-1612
Born in Mantua, he was the eldest son of Duke Vincenzo I and Eleonora de’ Medici.
Francesco became Duke upon his father’s death on 9 February 1612. He died at Mantua on 22 December 1612 without male heirs. He was succeeded by his brother Ferdinand; however, Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, the father of Francesco’s wife Margaret of Savoy, disputed this, leading to the War of the Montferrat Succession (1613–1617).
Size 17 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
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Ferdinando II de’ Medici 1610-1670
Ferdinando II de’ Medici was grand duke of Tuscany from 1621 to 1670. He was the eldest son of Cosimo II de’ Medici and Maria Maddalena of Austria. His 49-year rule was punctuated by the beginning of Tuscany’s long economic decline.
Artist: A.Bloem
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Size 16 x 24 cms
Price £28.00
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Simone de Gieri Gondi 1351
The Florentine banking family of the Gondi were prominent financial partners of the Medici. Simone de Gieri Gondi held extensive lands around Valcava, in the Mugello Valley in Tuscany, where the church of S. Cresci, and a chapel which belonged to the Gondi (S. Margherita, formerly S. Martino) bore the Gondi arms. Simone de Gieri had seven children, one of whom was Silvestro Gondi whose son Simone de Silvestro Gondi was the first of the Gondi to be the Grand Prior of the Republic of Florence.
Date:1351
Size 15.5 x 24.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1242
Ferdinando II de’ Medici 1610-1670
Grand duke of Tuscany from 1621 to 1670. He was the eldest son of Cosimo II de’ Medici and Maria Maddalena of Austria.
Size 8 x 13.5 cms
Price £14.00
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Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany 1547-1578
Joanna of Austria was born an Archduchess of Austria as the youngest daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. By marriage, she was the Grand Princess of Tuscany and later the Grand Duchess of Tuscany. One of her daughters was Marie de Medici, second wife of King Henry IV of France.
Size 17 x 27.5 cms
Price £28.00
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Don Giovanni de’ Medici 1567-1621
Italian military commander, diplomat and architect. Medici was born the illegitimate son of Cosimo I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and of Eleonora of Albizzi. Medici was later legitimated by his father
Size 12 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
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Carlo III, duca di Lorena 1543-1608
Duke of Lorraine, known as “the Great”. He took part in the civil wars of France and in 1588 joined the Catholic League. In 1559 he married Claudia, daughter of the French king Henry II of Valois (1519-1559). His daughter Cristina (1565-1636) married Ferdinando I de’ Medici (1549-1609), Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Size 13 x 20 cms
Price £28.00
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