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Christina of Lorraine (French: Christine de Lorraine, Italian: Cristina di Lorena) (16 August 1565 – 19 December 1637) was a French noblewoman of the House of Lorraine who became a Grand Duchess of Tuscany by marriage.
Aug 16, 2019 · The Grand Duchess Christina of Lorraine was born Aug. 16, 1565. Christina was the grand-daughter of Catherine d’ Medici, and she re-cemented her ties to the family in 1589, when she married Ferdinando I de’ Medici of Florence in a lavish wedding.
Christina of Lorraine was a French noblewoman of the House of Lorraine who became a Grand Duchess of Tuscany by marriage. She served as Regent of Tuscany jointly with her daughter-in-law during the minority of her grandson from 1621 to 1628.
Christine of Lorraine (c. 1571–1637) Grand duchess of Tuscany. Name variations: Christina of Lorraine; Christine de Medici. Born around 1571; died in 1637 (some sources cite 1636); daughter of Claude de France (1547–1575) and Charles II, duke of Lorraine (r. 1545–1608); granddaughter of Catherine de Medici (1519–1589); married Ferdinand ...
It lasted four centuries since February 1615, when Galileo Galilei wrote an important Letter to Mary Christine of Lorraine, the mother of Cosimo de’ Medici, the Duke of Tuscany, in the court of whom Galileo worked as mathematician and philosopher.
Dec 19, 2018 · The woman to whom he addressed this letter is Christina of Lorraine, then regent of Tuscany. As Grand Duchess of Tuscany, she had been married to Ferdinando, Grand Duke of Tuscany, head of the Medici family.
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Christina of Lorraine. Home > Biography Index > Daughter of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (1543-1608), and Claudia, daughter of King Henry II Valois of France (1519-1559). After her mother's early death, her grandmother, Catherine de' Medici (1519-1589), Queen of France, looked after her education and sought a high-status marriage for her.
