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Cosimo I De' Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany 1519–1574 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Jun 1519

Birth Location: Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy

Death Date: 21 Apr 1574

Death Location: Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy

Father: Giovanni Nere

Mother: Maria Salviati

Spouse(s): Eleonora Toledo

Children(s): Francesco Medici

The story of Cosimo I De' Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany began in 1519 in Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy. Cosimo I De' Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany married Eleonora Of Toledo, and had children including Francesco De Medici. Cosimo I De' Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany passed away in 1574 in Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy.

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  • The story of Cosimo I De' Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany began in 1519 in Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy.
  • Cosimo I De' Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany married Eleonora Of Toledo, and had children including Francesco De Medici.
  • Cosimo I De' Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany passed away in 1574 in Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy.

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Cosimo Tuscany's Ancestors

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Cosimo Tuscany
1519–1574
Birth Place: Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Parents
Giovanni dalle Bande Nere
1498–1526
Forli, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Maria Salviati
1499–1543
Florence, Italy
Grandparents
Giovanni Medici
1467–1498
Florence, Italy
Caterina Sforza
1463–1509
Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Jacopo Salviati
1461–1533
Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Lucrezia (Maria Romola) Medici
1470–
Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Great-Grandparents
Pierfrancesco Medici
1430–1476
Galeazzo Sforza
1444–1476
Giovanni Salviati
1440–
Maddalena Gordi
1440–
Lorenzo Medici
1449–1492
Clarice Orsini
1453–1488
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lorenzo Medici
1395–1440
Ginevra Cavalcanti
1400–
Francesco Sforza
1401–1466
Bianca Visconti
1425–1468
Piero Medici
1416–1469
Lucrezia Tornabuoni
1425–1482
Jacopo Orsini
1424–

Cosimo Tuscany's Descendants

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Cosimo (I De' Medici Grand Duke of) Tuscany (12 Jun 1519–21 Apr 1574) m. Eleonora (of) Toledo (1522–17 Dec 1562)
  1. 1. Francesco (de) Medici 1541–1587 m. Johanna Habsburg 1547–1578
    1. 1. Maria (de) Medici 1575–1642 m. Henri IV 1553–1610
      1. 1. Henrietta (Marie Princess of) France 1609–1669 m. Charles (I King of) England 1600–1648
        1. 1. Charles (II King of) England 1630–1685 m. Nell Gwynn 1650–1687

Cosimo Tuscany's Timeline

2 Records

1519
12 Jun 1519
Birth of Cosimo I De' Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany in Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
1574
21 Apr 1574
Age 55
Death of Cosimo I De' Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany in Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Jun 1519
    Event Place: Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
    Record Source:
    [1] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 835823
    [2] Italy, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current
    [3] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [4] UK, Portraits and Photographs, National Portrait Gallery, London; London, England; People and Portraits

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Apr 1574
    Event Place: Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
    Record Source:
    [1] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 835823
    [2] Italy, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current
    [3] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [4] UK, Portraits and Photographs, National Portrait Gallery, London; London, England; People and Portraits

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
    Record Source:
    [1] Italy, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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