Ferdinando de' Medici was the eldest son of Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Marguerite Louise d'Orléans. Ferdinando was heir to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, with the title Grand Princ
Portrait by Niccolò Cassana, 1690
Anton Domenico Gabbiani, Prince Ferdinand and his musicians, 1685–90, Florence, Palatine Gallery of Palazzo Pitti
Villa at Poggio a Caiano
Grand Prince Ferdinando de Medici – Giovanni Battista Foggini (1683) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Gian Gastone de' Medici
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Gian Gastone de' Medici was the seventh and last Medicean grand duke of Tuscany.
Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany
…died in 1713, having fathered no children. His father continued to rule until 1723, and was succeeded on his death by Ferdinando's younger brother Gian Gastone, who likewise died childless. The lack of fecundity in the family ultimately led to a crisis: after Gian Gastone's death in 1737, the great powers of…
Portrait by Franz Ferdinand Richter
Portrait of a 20-year old Gian Gastone (after Niccolò Cassana, c. 1690)
Gian Gastone by Adriaen van der Werff, 1710
Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Electress Palatine of the Rhine, Gian Gastone's sister, by Jan Frans van Douven