Ferdinando II de' Medici
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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. Remembered by his contemporaries as a man of culture
Justus Sustermans Portrait of Ferdinando II de' Medici Dressed in Oriental Costume WGA21971
Equestrian portrait of Ferdinando de' Medici by Justus Sustermans
The family of Ferdinand II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1622–1623), from left to right: Mattias, Gian Carlo, Francesco and the Grand Duke Ferdinand with the cross of Saint Stephen; the Duchess-mother Maria Magdalena of Austria, Marie-Christine, Marguerite, Anne and the young Leopold, Musée Ingres Bourdelle.
Cosimo III, second son of Ferdinando II, engraving by Adriaen Haelwegh
Cosimo III de' Medici
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Cosimo III de' Medici was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1670 until his death in 1723, the sixth and penultimate from the House of Medici. He reigned from 1670 to 1723, and was the elder son of Grand Duke
Ferdinando II de' Medici
…Leopoldo de' Medici. His 49-year rule was punctuated by the beginning of Tuscany's long economic decline, which was further exacerbated by his successor, Cosimo III de' Medici. He married Vittoria della Rovere, a first cousin, with whom he had two children who reached adulthood: the aforementioned Cosimo III, and Francesco…
Cosimo in granducal robes with Tuscan regalia by Baldassare Franceschini, 1676–77
Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo III's father, and Vittoria Della Rovere, his mother, by Justus Sustermans
Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, Cosimo's wife, by Louis-Édouard Rioult
Cosimo around 1660, by Sustermans