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List of Tuscan consorts

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The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was founded in 1569. It succeeded the Duchy of Florence. The grand duchy was initially ruled by the House of Medici, until their extinction in 1737. The grand duchy passed to the House of Lorraine, and then, to its cadet branch, the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. The House of Habsburg-Lorraine ruled Tuscany from 1765 to 1801, and then 1814 to 1859.

Margravines consort of Tuscany

House of Bonifacii, 812–931

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
The names of the wives of Boniface I are not known.
File:Sin foto.svg Bertha - - - 828
husband's accession
834
husband's deposition
- Boniface I
The names of the wives of Aganus are not known.
File:Sin foto.svg Anonsuara - - - 847
husband's accession
- Adalbert I
File:Sin foto.svg Rothilde of Spoleto Guy I of Spoleto
(Widonids)
- 863 886
husband's death
-
File:Héraldique meuble Fleur de lys lissée.svg Bertha of Lotharingia Lothair II of Lotharingia
(Carolingian)
863 895/898 10/15 September 915
husband's death
8 March 925 Adalbert II
File:Sin foto.svg Marozia of Tusculum Theophylact I, Count of Tusculum
(Tusculani)
863 – 8 March 925 925 929
husband's death
932/937 Guy

House of Arles, 931–1001

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
File:Sin foto.svg Willa of Burgundy Rudolph I of Burgundy
(Elder Welf)
- 912 931
husband's accession
936
husband's deposition
after 936 Boso
File:Sin foto.svg Willa of Spoleto Boniface I of Spoleto - around 936 936
husband's accession
13 February 962
husband's deposition
- Hubert
File:Sin foto.svg Judith - - - 961
husband's accession
21 December 1001
husband's death
- Hugh

House of Bologna, 1004–1011

Unknown House, 1014–1027

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
File:Sin foto.svg Waldrada Guglielmo - - 1014
husband's accession
1027
husband's death
- Rainier

House of Canossa, 1027–1115

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
File:Sin foto.svg Richelida of Bergamo Giselbert II, Count of Bergamo late 10th century before 1015 1027
husband's accession
after 1034 Boniface IV
File:Beatrice of Bar.gif Beatrice of Bar Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorraine
(Ardennes-Bar)
1017 1037 6 May 1052
husband's death
18 April 1076

House of Scheiern, 1120–1127

House of Sponheim, 1135–1137

None

House of Welf, 1137–1139

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
File:Gertruda.jpg Gertrude of Süpplingenburg Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor
(Süpplingenburg)
18 April 1115 29 May 1127 1137
husband's accession
20 October 1139
husband's death
18 April 1143 Henry

House of Welf, 1152–1173

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
File:Uta von Schauenburg I.JPG Uta of Calw Godfrey of Calw, Count Palatine of the Rhine
(Calw)
1115/1120 by January 1133 October 1152
husband's accession
1160
their son became Margrave
1197 Welf VI
(1st reign)
11/12 September 1167
husband's accession
1173
husband lost the March
Welf VI
(2nd reign)

House of Hohenstaufen, 1195–1197

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
File:Irene Angelina.jpg Irene Angelina Isaac II Angelos
(Angelos)
1177/1181 25 May 1197 1197
husband ceased to be Margrave
27 August 1208 Philip

Ladies consort of Florence

House of Medici, 1434–1531

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Death Spouse
File:Cristofano dell'Altissimo (attr.), Contessina de' Bardi.jpg Contessina de' Bardi Alessandro de' Bardi
(Bardi)
1390 1416 6 October 1434
husband's accession
October 1473 Cosimo de' Medici
File:Лукреция Мария Ромола Медичи.jpg Lucrezia Tornabuoni Francesco Tornabuoni 1425 3 June 1444 1 August 1464
husband's accession
25 March 1482 Pietro de' Medici
File:Clarice Orsini de Medici.JPG Clarice Orsini Giacomo Orsini
(Orsini)
1453 7 February 1469 2 December 1469
husband's accession
29 July 1487 Lorenzo de' Medici
File:Sandro Botticelli 068.jpg Alfonsina Orsini Roberto Orsini
(Orsini)
1472 March 1488 9 April 1492
husband's accession
7 February 1520
yet exiled in 1494
Pietro de' Medici
Republic restored 1494–1512
Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne John III, Count of Auvergne
(La Tour d'Auvergne)
1501 5 May 1518 28 April 1519 Lorenzo II de' Medici
Republic restored 1527–1530

Duchesses consort of Florence

House of Medici, 1531–1569

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
File:Margarethe von Parma.jpeg Margaret of Austria Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
28 December 1522 18 January 1536 6 January 1537
husband's death
18 January 1586 Alessandro de' Medici
File:Eleanor of Toledo by the workshop of Angelo Bronzino.jpg Eleanor of Toledo Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, Marquis of Villafranca 11 January 1522 29 March 1539 6 January 1537
husband's accession
17 December 1562 Cosimo I de' Medici

Grand Duchesses consort of Tuscany

House of Medici, 1569–1737

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
File:Alessandro Allori 033.jpg Joanna of Austria Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
24 January 1547 25 December 1565 21 April 1574
husband's accession
11 April 1578 Francesco I
File:Alessandro Allori - Bianca Cappello (Dorotheum).jpg Bianca Cappello Bartolomeo Cappello
(Cappello)
1548 12 June 1579 17 October 1587
File:Christine of Lorraine Medici.jpg Christina of Lorraine Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
(Lorraine)
16 August 1565 3 May 1589 17 February 1609
husband's death
9 December 1637 Ferdinando I
File:Justus Sustermans 030.jpg Maria Magdalena of Austria Charles II, Archduke of Austria
(Habsburg)
7 October 1589 19 October 1608 17 February 1609
husband's accession
28 February 1621
husband's death
1 November 1631 Cosimo II
File:Sustermans, Justus (workshop) - Portrait of Vittoria della Rovere, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (Siena, cropped).jpg Vittoria della Rovere Federico Ubaldo della Rovere
(Della Rovere)
7 February 1622 26 September 1633 23 May 1670
husband's death
5 March 1694 Ferdinando II
File:Marguerite Louise d'Orléans (detail) from a set of portraits called "The three sisters of Mademoiselle de Montpensier.jpg Marguerite Louise d'Orléans Gaston d'Orléans
(Orléans)
28 July 1645 20 June 1661 23 May 1670
husband's accession
17 September 1721 Cosimo III
File:Gabbiani, Giovanni Gaetano (attr.) - Official portrait of Anna Maria Franziska von Sachsen-Lauenburg as Grand Duchess of Tuscany.jpg Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
(Ascania)
13 June 1672 2 September 1697 31 October 1723
husband's accession
9 July 1737
husband's death
15 October 1741 Gian Gastone

The Medici became extinct in 1737. Francis Stephen, Duke of Lorraine acceded the grand-ducal throne.

House of Lorraine, 1737–1765

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
File:Kaiserin Maria Theresia (HRR).jpg Maria Theresa of Austria Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
13 May 1717 12 February 1736 9 July 1737
husband's accession
18 August 1765
husband's death
29 November 1780 Francesco II

House of Habsburg-Lorraine, 1765–1801

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
File:Anton Raphael Mengs 012.jpg Maria Luisa of Spain Charles III of Spain
(Bourbon)
24 November 1745 5 August 1765 18 August 1765
husband's accession
20 February 1790
husband's abdication, becomes Holy Roman Empress
15 May 1792 Leopold I
File:Joseph Dorffmeister 001.jpg Luise of Naples and Sicily Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
(Bourbon-Two Sicilies)
27 July 1773 15 August 1790 21 March 1801
husband's deposition
19 December 1802 Ferdinand III

The House of Habsburg-Lorraine was deposed by the Treaty of Aranjuez in 1801.

Queen consort of Etruria

House of Bourbon-Parma, 1801–1807

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
File:Infanta María Luisa and Her Son Carlos Luis.jpg Maria Luisa of Spain Charles IV of Spain
(Bourbon)
6 July 1782 25 August 1795 21 March 1801
husband's accession
27 May 1803
husband's death
13 March 1824 Louis

The House of Bourbon-Parma ruled over Tuscany in the form of the Kingdom of Etruria until their own deposition by forces of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807.

Grand ducal consorts of Tuscany

House of Bonaparte, 1809–1814

Elisa Bonaparte became the puppet ruler of Tuscany in 1809 by appointment from her own second older brother and King of Italy, Napoleon himself. She was the Grand Duchess of Tuscany as ruler, not as consort.

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
File:Felice Baciocchi Bonaparte.jpg Felice Francis Baciocchi
(Baciocchi)
18 May 1762 5 May 1797 3 March 1809
wife's accession
1 February 1814
wife's deposition
27 April 1841 Elisa

House of Habsburg-Lorraine, 1814–1859

The Habsburgs were restored by the Congress of Vienna in 1814.

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
File:Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony, grand duchess of Tuscany.JPG Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony Maximilian, Crown Prince of Saxony
(Wettin)
27 April 1796 6 May 1821 18 June 1824
husband's death
3 January 1865 Ferdinand III
File:Gaspero Martellini - Marianna Carolina di Sassonia - 1821.jpg Princess Maria Anna of Saxony Maximilian, Crown Prince of Saxony
(Wettin)
15 November 1799 16 November 1817 18 June 1824
husband's accession
24 March 1832 Leopold II
File:Maria Antonia von Toskana 1842.jpg Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies Francis I of the Two Sicilies
(Bourbon-Two Sicilies)
19 December 1814 7 June 1833 21 July 1859
husband's abdication/deposition
7 November 1898

Tuscany was annexed to the United Provinces of Central Italy in 1859, and then absorbed into the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1860.

See also