The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was founded in 1569. It succeeded the Duchy of Florence. The grand duchy was initially ruled by the House of Medici, until their extinction in 1737. The grand duchy passed to the House of Lorraine, and then, to its cadet branch, the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. The House of Habsburg-Lorraine ruled Tuscany from 1765 to 1801, and then 1814 to 1859.
Margravine of Tuscany
editHouse of Bonifacii, 812–931
editPicture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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The names of the wives of Boniface I are not known. | ||||||||
Bertha | - | - | - | 828 husband's accession |
834 husband's deposition |
- | Boniface I | |
The names of the wives of Aganus are not known. | ||||||||
Anonsuara | - | - | - | 847 husband's accession |
- | Adalbert I | ||
Rothilde of Spoleto | Guy I of Spoleto (Widonids) |
- | 863 | 886 husband's death |
- | |||
Bertha of Lotharingia | Lothair II of Lotharingia (Carolingian) |
863 | 895/898 | 10/15 September 915 husband's death |
8 March 925 | Adalbert II | ||
Marozia of Tusculum | Theophylact I, Count of Tusculum (Tusculani) |
863 – 8 March 925 | 925 | 929 husband's death |
932/937 | Guy |
House of Arles, 931–1001
editPicture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Willa of Burgundy | Rudolph I of Burgundy (Elder Welf) |
- | 912 | 931 husband's accession |
936 husband's deposition |
after 936 | Boso | |
Willa of Spoleto | Boniface I of Spoleto | - | around 936 | 936 husband's accession |
13 February 962 husband's deposition |
- | Hubert | |
Judith | - | - | - | 961 husband's accession |
21 December 1001 husband's death |
- | Hugh |
House of Bologna, 1004–1011
edit- Interregnum 1011–1014
House of ?, 1014–1027
editPicture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Waldrada | Guglielmo | - | - | 1014 husband's accession |
1027 husband's death |
- | Rainier |
House of Canossa, 1027–1115
editPicture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Richelida of Bergamo | Giselbert II, Count of Bergamo | late 10th century | before 1015 | 1027 husband's accession |
after 1034 | Boniface IV | ||
Beatrice of Bar | Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorraine (Ardennes-Bar) |
1017 | 1037 | 6 May 1052 husband's death |
18 April 1076 |
- Interregnum 1115–1120
House of Scheiern, 1120–1127
edit- Interregnum 1127–1135
House of Sponheim, 1135–1137
edit- None
House of Welf, 1137–1139
editPicture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Gertrude of Süpplingenburg | Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor (Süpplingenburg) |
18 April 1115 | 29 May 1127 | 1137 husband's accession |
20 October 1139 husband's death |
18 April 1143 | Henry |
House of Attems, 1139–1152
editHouse of Welf, 1152–1173
editPicture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Uta of Calw | Godfrey of Calw, Count Palatine of the Rhine (Calw) |
1115/1120 | by January 1133 | October 1152 husband's accession |
1160 their son became Margrave |
1197 | Welf VI (1st reign) | |
11/12 September 1167 husband's accession |
1173 husband lost the March |
Welf VI (2nd reign) |
- Interregnum 1173–1195
House of Hohenstaufen, 1195–1197
editPicture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Irene Angelina | Isaac II Angelos (Angelos) |
1177/1181 | 25 May 1197 | 1197 husband ceased to be Margrave |
27 August 1208 | Philip |
Consorts of the Lords of Florence
editHouse of Medici, 1434–1531
editPicture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Death | Spouse | |
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Contessina de' Bardi | Alessandro de' Bardi (Bardi) |
1390 | 1416 | 6 October 1434 husband's accession |
October 1473 | Cosimo de' Medici | ||
Lucrezia Tornabuoni | Francesco Tornabuoni | 1425 | 3 June 1444 | 1 August 1464 husband's accession |
25 March 1482 | Pietro de' Medici | ||
Clarice Orsini | Giacomo Orsini (Orsini) |
1453 | 7 February 1469 | 2 December 1469 husband's accession |
29 July 1487 | Lorenzo de' Medici | ||
Alfonsina Orsini | Roberto Orsini (Orsini) |
1472 | March 1488 | 9 April 1492 husband's accession |
7 February 1520 yet exiled in 1494 |
Pietro de' Medici | ||
Republic restored 1494–1512 | ||||||||
Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne | John III, Count of Auvergne (La Tour d'Auvergne) |
1501 | 5 May 1518 | 28 April 1519 | Lorenzo II de' Medici | |||
Republic restored 1527–1530 |
Duchess of Florence
editHouse of Medici, 1531–1569
editPicture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Margaret of Austria | Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (Habsburg) |
28 December 1522 | 18 January 1536 | 6 January 1537 husband's death |
18 January 1586 | Alessandro de' Medici | ||
Eleanor of Toledo | Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, Marquis of Villafranca | 11 January 1522 | 29 March 1539 | 6 January 1537 husband's accession |
17 December 1562 | Cosimo I de' Medici |
Grand Duchess of Tuscany
editHouse of Medici, 1569–1737
editPicture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Joanna of Austria | Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (Habsburg) |
24 January 1547 | 25 December 1565 | 21 April 1574 husband's accession |
11 April 1578 | Francesco I | ||
Bianca Cappello | Bartolomeo Cappello (Cappello) |
1548 | 12 June 1579 | 17 October 1587 | ||||
Christina of Lorraine | Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (Lorraine) |
16 August 1565 | 3 May 1589 | 17 February 1609 husband's death |
9 December 1637 | Ferdinando I | ||
Maria Magdalena of Austria | Charles II, Archduke of Austria (Habsburg) |
7 October 1589 | 19 October 1608 | 17 February 1609 husband's accession |
28 February 1621 husband's death |
1 November 1631 | Cosimo II | |
Vittoria della Rovere | Federico Ubaldo della Rovere (Della Rovere) |
7 February 1622 | 26 September 1633 | 23 May 1670 husband's death |
5 March 1694 | Ferdinando II | ||
Marguerite Louise d'Orléans | Gaston d'Orléans (Orléans) |
28 July 1645 | 20 June 1661 | 23 May 1670 husband's accession |
17 September 1721 | Cosimo III | ||
Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg | Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (Ascania) |
13 June 1672 | 2 September 1697 | 31 October 1723 husband's accession |
9 July 1737 husband's death |
15 October 1741 | Gian Gastone |
The Medici became extinct in 1737. Francis Stephen, Duke of Lorraine acceded the grand-ducal throne.
House of Lorraine, 1737–1765
editPicture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Maria Theresa of Austria | Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (Habsburg) |
13 May 1717 | 12 February 1736 | 9 July 1737 husband's accession |
18 August 1765 husband's death |
29 November 1780 | Francesco II |
House of Habsburg-Lorraine, 1765–1801
editPicture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Maria Luisa of Spain | Charles III of Spain (Bourbon) |
24 November 1745 | 5 August 1765 | 18 August 1765 husband's accession |
20 February 1790 husband's abdication, becomes Holy Roman Empress |
15 May 1792 | Leopold I | |
Luise of Naples and Sicily | Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (Bourbon-Two Sicilies) |
27 July 1773 | 15 August 1790 | 21 March 1801 husband's deposition |
19 December 1802 | Ferdinand III |
The House of Habsburg-Lorraine was deposed by the Treaty of Aranjuez in 1801. The House of Bourbon-Parma ruled over Tuscany in the form of the Kingdom of Etruria until their own deposition by forces of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807.
Elisa Bonaparte become Duchess of her ancestral homeland in 1809 by appointment from her own second older brother and King of Italy, Napoleon himself.
Queen of Etruria
editHouse of Bourbon-Parma, 1801–1807
editPicture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Maria Luisa of Spain | Charles IV of Spain (Bourbon) |
6 July 1782 | 25 August 1795 | 21 March 1801 husband's accession |
27 May 1803 husband's death |
13 March 1824 | Louis | |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
Grand Duchess of Tuscany
editHouse of Habsburg-Lorraine, 1814–1859
editThe Habsburgs were restored by the Congress of Vienna in 1814.
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony | Maximilian, Crown Prince of Saxony (Wettin) |
27 April 1796 | 6 May 1821 | 18 June 1824 husband's death |
3 January 1865 | Ferdinand III | ||
Princess Maria Anna of Saxony | Maximilian, Crown Prince of Saxony (Wettin) |
15 November 1799 | 16 November 1817 | 18 June 1824 husband's accession |
24 March 1832 | Leopold II | ||
Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies | Francis I of the Two Sicilies (Bourbon-Two Sicilies) |
19 December 1814 | 7 June 1833 | 21 July 1859 husband's abdication/deposition |
7 November 1898 |
Tuscany was annexed to the United Provinces of Central Italy in 1859, and then absorbed into the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1860.
See also
edit- List of rulers of Tuscany
- List of consorts of Urbino
- List of Parmese consorts
- List of Savoyard consorts
- List of consorts of Montferrat
- List of Sardinian consorts
- List of Sicilian consorts
- List of Neapolitan consorts
- List of consorts of the Two Sicilies
- List of Italian consorts
- Grand Duchy of Tuscany
- Grand Princesses of Tuscany