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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 twelve-year reign, he delegated the administration of Tuscany to his ministers.
Cosimo II (born May 12, 1590—died Feb. 28, 1621) was the fourth grand duke of Tuscany (1609–20), who closed down the Medici family’s practice of banking and commerce, which it had pursued for four centuries.
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Cosimo II de' Medici (Firenze, 12 maggio 1590 – Firenze, 28 febbraio 1621), figlio di Ferdinando I de' Medici e di Cristina di Lorena, fu il quarto granduca di Toscana dal 1609 al 1621, anno della sua morte.
Cosimo II de' Medici 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.
Nov 1, 2022 · Cosimo II de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1590-1621) was the son of Ferdinando I de’ Medici. His comparatively brief reign was a period of peace and prosperity for Tuscany, thanks largely to the political and economic policies adopted by his father and to the guidance of his mother, Christine of Lorraine.
Cosimo's marriage in 1608 to the Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria (1587–1633), sister of Emperor Ferdinand II, allied the Medici family with the powerful Habsburg dynasty. Cosimo II upheld the reputation of the Medici as patrons of the natural sciences and the arts.
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Date of birth: 1590. Date of death: 1621. Cosimo II de' Medici. Succeeded his father Ferdinand I (1549-1609) as Grand Duke of Tuscany in 1609. In the first years of his reign, he was under the influence of his mother, Christina of Lorraine (1565-1636).
