Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

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Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (30 July 1549 – 3 February 1609) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1587 to 1609, having succeeded his older brother Francesco I.

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Ferdinando I
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Portrait by Scipione Pulzone, 1590
Grand Duke of Tuscany
Reign19 October 1587 – 7 February 1609
PredecessorFrancesco I
SuccessorCosimo II
Born30 July 1549
Florence
Died3 February 1609(1609-02-03) (aged 59)
Florence
SpouseChristina of Lorraine
Issue
Names
Ferdinando de' Medici
HouseMedici
FatherCosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
MotherEleanor of Toledo
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