Cosimo III de' Medici
Noble person
1642 – 1723
Who was Cosimo III de' Medici?
Cosimo III de' Medici was the penultimate Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany. He reigned from 1670 to 1723, and was the elder son of Grand Duke Ferdinando II. Cosimo's 53-year-long reign, the longest in Tuscan history, was marked by a series of ultra-reactionary laws which regulated prostitution and banned May celebrations. His reign also witnessed Tuscany's deterioration to previously unknown economic lows. He was succeeded by his elder surviving son, Gian Gastone, when he died, in 1723.
He married Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, a cousin of Louis XIV. The marriage was solemnized by proxy in the King's Chapel at the Louvre, on Sunday, 17 April 1661. It was a marriage fraught with tribulation. Marguerite Louise eventually abandoned Tuscany for the Convent of Montmartre. Together, they had 3 children: Ferdinando in 1663, Anna Maria Luisa, Electress Palatine, in 1667, and Gian Gastone, the last Medicean ruler of Tuscany, in 1671.
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- Born
- Aug 14, 1642
Florence - Also known as
- Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Marguerite Louise d'Orléans
(1661/06/20 - )
- Marguerite Louise d'Orléans
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Italy
- Lived in
- Florence
- Died
- Oct 31, 1723
Florence - Resting place
- Basilica di San Lorenzo, Firenze
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on July 23, 2013
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