Francesco de' Medici (16 October 1614 – 25 July 1634) was the fourth son of Grand Duke Cosimo II of Tuscany and his wife, Maria Maddalena of Austria.Young, p 410 He died unmarried.

Biography

Prince Francesco was born at the

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in Florence, the capital of his father's grand duchy. The Medici family had been connected to Tuscany for over three centuries and had been its sovereign rulers since 1569. Little is known about his childhood, other than that he was raised alongside his brother Mattias. He was a Tuscan prince by birth and entitled to the style of ''Highness''. His siblings included the future

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, Archduchess Anna of Austria and Grand Duke Ferdinando II, himself father of the penultimate Medici grand duke. He pursued a military career.Young, p 531 Along with his mother and Mattias, he visited Austria in 1631 in order to meet his uncle the Emperor Ferdinand II. He fought in the Battle of Lützen during the

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but fled the scene. His elder brother, Grand Duke Ferdinando, reprimanded him for his conduct in a letter dated 14 July. He died from plague during the Siege of Ratisbon, 1634.

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Bibliography

*Young, G. F., ''The Medici: Volume 3'', E. P. Dutton and Company, 1920

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Tuscan princes 1614 births 1634 deaths Tuscan nobility 17th-century Italian nobility Italian people of the Thirty Years' War Italian Roman Catholics 17th-century deaths from plague (disease) Military personnel from Florence Sons of dukes