Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany facts for kids

Full name
	Ferdinando de' Medici

Ferdinando I
Ferdinando I
Grand Duke of Tuscany
Predecessor	Francesco I
Successor	Cosimo II
Born	30 July 1549; Palazzo Pitti, Florence
Died	3 February 1609 (aged 59); Palazzo Pitti, Florence
Spouse	Christina of Lorraine
Issue	Cosimo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany; Princess Maria Maddalena; Caterina, Duchess of Mantua; Carlo, Bishop of Ostia; Claudia, Archduchess of Austria
Full name
	Ferdinando de' Medici
House	House of Medici
Father	Grand Duke Cosimo I of Tuscany
Mother	Eleonora di Toledo

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

Ferdinando was the fifth son of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Eleonora di Toledo.

He was a Cardinal before he became Grand Duke, until he married Christine of Lorraine in 1589. He was succeeded by his eldest son, who reigned as Cosimo II. His wife and daughter-in-law Maria Maddalena of Austria acted as regents for Cosimo II.

Issue

Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1590–1621); married Maria Maddalena of Austria and had issue;
Eleonora de' Medici (1591–1617) died unmarried
Catherine de' Medici (1593–1629); married Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, later Governor of Siena;
Francesco de' Medici (1594–1614) died unmarried;
Carlo de' Medici (1595–1666) died unmarried;
Filippino de' Medici (1598–1602) died unmarried;
Lorenzo de' Medici (1599–1648) died unmarried;
Maria Maddalena de' Medici (1600–1633) died unmarried;
Claudia de' Medici (1604–1648); married (1) Federico della Rovere and had issue; (2) Leopold V, Archduke of Austria and had issue.

Images for kids

Ferdinando I de' Medici as Cardinal (1562 to 1589).
Pietro Tacca's Monumento dei Quattro Mori (Monument of the Four Moors) in Leghorn, showing Ferdinando holding baton of a field marshal standing victorious above chained Moorish captives. (1623)