Tuscan Republic (1849)
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The Tuscan Republic is the name often given to the brief period between February 1849 when Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany fled Florence and April of the same year. In fact, although Tuscany had a p
Giuseppe Montanelli
Francesco Domenici Guerrazzi
Leopold II disembarks at Viareggio
Leopold II of Tuscany
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Leopold II was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1824 to 1859. He married twice; firstly Maria Anna of Saxony, and after her death in 1832 Maria Antonia of the Two-Sicilies. By the latter, he had a son, Ferd
Tuscan Republic (1849)
…The Tuscan Republic is the name often given to the brief period between February 1849 when Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany fled Florence and April of the same year. In fact, although Tuscany had a provisional government with strong republican tendencies during this period…
Grand Duke Leopold in the uniform of an Austrian field marshal, 1828, by Pietro Benvenuti
Portrait of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, painted by Giuseppe Bezzuoli, circa 1825, National Museum of the Royal Palace
Photograph of an elderly Leopold II in 1862
Maria Anna of Saxony