Maria Cristina de 'Medici (24 August 1609 – 9 August 1632) was a Tuscan princess and the first born child of

Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo II de' Medici (12 May 1590 – 28 February 1621) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1609 until his death. He was the elder son of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Christina of Lorraine. For the majority of his 12-year rei ...

Biography

Maria Cristina de 'Medici was born on 24 August 1609 in Florence as the first child of

and

Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria Maria Maddalena of Austria (, ; 7 October 1589 – 1 November 1631) was Grand Duchess of Tuscany by her marriage to Cosimo II in 1609 until his death in 1621. With him, she had eight children, including a duchess of Parma, a grand duke of Tus ...

. She was born with a deformity and was possibly mentally disabled. She was baptized in the Catholic faith on 21 November 1610. In 1619 she was sent to live in the Convent of the Holy Conception run by the Order of St. Stephen. She died on 9 August 1632 at the

Villa del Poggio Imperiale Villa del Poggio Imperiale (English: Villa of the Imperial Hill) is a predominantly Neoclassical architecture in Tuscany, neoclassical former Grand Duke, grand ducal villa in Arcetri, just to the south of Florence in Tuscany, central Italy. Begi ...

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