Cosimo II de 'Medici

Cosimo II. De 'Medici (born May 12, 1590 in Florence ; † February 28, 1621 there ) from the Medici family was the successor of his father Ferdinando I as Grand Duke of Tuscany since 1609 . His mother was Christine von Lorraine .

Life

In the fall of 1610, he appointed his former teacher Galileo Galilei to court mathematician and philosophers of the First and professor of mathematics in Pisa - without any teaching duties. He was given full freedom to devote himself entirely to research. Cosimo later worked as Galileo's protector against the Inquisition .

On October 19, 1608, Cosimo married Maria Magdalena of Austria , daughter of Archduke Karl . The couple had eight children:

Maria Cristina (* August 24, 1609; † August 9, 1632)
Ferdinando II (July 14, 1610 - May 23, 1670), Grand Duke 1621 - 1634 Vittoria della Rovere (February 7, 1622 - March 5, 1694), daughter of Francesco Ubaldo della Rovere, Prince of Urbino
Giancarlo (July 24, 1611 - January 23, 1663), 1644 cardinal
Margherita (born May 31, 1612; † February 6, 1679) ⚭ October 11, 1628 Odoardo I. Farnese Duke of Parma (1612–1646)
Matteo (April 9, 1613 - October 14, 1667)
Francesco (October 16, 1614 - July 25, 1634)
Anna (* July 21, 1616; † September 11, 1676) ⚭ June 10, 1646 Ferdinand Karl Archduke of Austria (1628–1662)
Leopoldo (6 November 1617 - 10 November 1675), 1663 cardinal

Cosimo II, who suffered from stomach ulcers, tuberculosis and osteoarthritis, died on February 28, 1621 in Florence.

literature

Elena Fasano Guarini: COSIMO II de 'Medici, granduca di Toscana. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 30: Cosattini – Crispolto. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1984.

Web links

Commons : Cosimo II. De 'Medici - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Constantin von Wurzbach : Anna von Florenz . No. 30. In: Biographical Lexicon of the Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 6th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1860, p. 153 ( digitized version ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Ferdinand I.	Grand Duke of Tuscany 1609–1621	Ferdinand II.

personal data
SURNAME	Medici, Cosimo II. De '
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Grand Duke of Tuscany
DATE OF BIRTH	May 12, 1590
PLACE OF BIRTH	Florence
DATE OF DEATH	February 28, 1621
Place of death	Florence

[1] Constantin von Wurzbach : Anna von Florenz . No. 30. In: Biographical Lexicon of the Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 6th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1860, p. 153 ( digitized version ).