Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Cosimo II de ' Medici ( born May 12, in 1590 Florence, † February 28, 1621 ibid ) from the Medici family was since 1609 when Grand Duke of Tuscany succeeded his father Ferdinando I.

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

Cosimo married on October 19, 1608 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 Vittoria della Rovere in 1634 ∞ (* February 7, 1622; , † March 6, 1694 ), daughter of Francesco della Rovere Ubaldo, Duke of Urbino
  • Giancarlo (* July 24, 1611; † January 23, 1663 ), 1644 Cardinal
  • Margherita (* 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 Karl Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria ( 1628-1662 )
  • Leopoldo (* November 6, 1617, † November 10, 1675 ), 1663 Cardinal

The ill with stomach ulcers, tuberculosis and arthritis Cosimo II died on February 28, 1621 in Florence.

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