Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke o Tuscany

Francesco I de' Medici
Francesco bi Bronzino.
Grand Duke o Tuscany
Ring	21 Aprile 1574 – 17 October 1587
Predecessor	Cosimo I
Successor	Ferdinando I
Born	25 March 1541 Palazzo Pitti, Florence
Dee'd	19 October 1587(1587-10-19) (aged 46) Medici Villa, Poggio a Caiano, Tuscany
Buirial	Basilica o San Lorenzo, Florence, Tuscany
Spouse	Joanna o Austrick Bianca Cappello
Issue	Eleonora, Duchess o Mantua Anna de' Medici Maria, Queen o Fraunce Filippo, Grand Prince o Tuscany
Hoose	Medici
Faither	Cosimo I
Mither	Eleanor o Toledo
Releegion	Roman Catholicism

Mairiage

Grand Duke Francesco I o Tuscany mairit Joanna o Austrick 18 December 1565 in Florence. Joanna wis a dochter o Ferdinand I, Haly Roman Emperor an neice o Charles V, Haly Roman Emperor. They haed seven childer thegither. In Aprile 1578, Joanna – heavily pregnant with her eighth child – fell from the stairs in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence. Some hours later, she prematurely gave birth tae a son, who died immediately. She died the next day on 11 Aprile. Grand Duke Francesco subsequently mairit his mistress, Bianca Cappello, making her grand duchess.

Issue

1. Eleonora de' Medici (28 Februar 1567 – 9 September 1611), who mairit Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke o Mantua an haed issue.
2. Romola de' Medici (20 November 1568 – 2 December 1568) died young.
3. Anna de' Medici (31 December 1569 – 19 Februar 1584) died young.
4. Isabella de' Medici (30 September 1571 – 8 August 1572) died young.
5. Lucrezia de' Medici (7 November 1572 – 14 August 1574) died young.
6. Maria de' Medici 26 Aprile 1575 – 3 Julie 1642) mairit Keeng Henri IV o Fraunce an haed issue.
7. Filippo de' Medici, Grand Prince o Tuscany (20 Mey 1577 – 29 Mairch 1582) died young.

Teetles an styles

• 25 Mairch 1541 – 21 Aprile 1574 His Highness The Grand Prince o Tuscany.
• 21 Aprile 1574 – 17 October 1587 His Highness The Grand Duke o Tuscany.