Maria Maddalena (Hapsburg) Medici (1589 - 1631)

Born 7 Oct 1589 in Graz, Austria

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Died 1 Nov 1631 at age 42 in Padua, Veneto, Italy

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Maria Hapsburg was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Biography

Maria Maddalena of Austria (Maria Magdalena; 7 October 1589 – 1 November 1631) was Grand Duchess of Tuscany from her husband's accession in 1609 until his death in 1621. With him, she had eight children, including a duchess of Parma, a grand duke of Tuscany, and an archduchess of Further Austria. She was the youngest daughter of Charles II, Archduke of Inner Austria, and his wife Maria Anna of Bavaria. During the minority of her son, Grand Duke Ferdinando, she and her mother-in-law acted as regents. She died on 1 November 1631 in Padua.

Born in Graz, she was the youngest daughter of Charles II, Archduke of Inner Austria, and his wife Maria Anna of Bavaria.

In 1608, Maria Maddalena was married to Cosimo de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany. Grand Duke Ferdinando I de' Medici, the bridegroom's father, arranged the marriage as to assuage Spain's (where Maria Maddalena's sister was the incumbent queen) animosity towards Tuscany, which had been inflamed due to a string of Franco-Tuscan marriages. Together they had eight children.

The Grand Duchess died aged 42 after a visit to her brother Leopold in Innsbruck on the way back to Padua, Italy.

Sources

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduchess_Maria_Maddalena_of_Austria

Acknowledgments

• Travis Wagner, May 3, 2012.