Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
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Ruled Tuscany for nearly half a century while bankrolling Italy's first scientific society. Ferdinando II was more interested in experiments than economics—a choice his successors would regret.
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Ferdinando II de' Medici was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1621 to 1670. He was the eldest son of Cosimo II de' Medici and Maria Maddalena of Austria. Remembered by his contemporaries as a man of culture and science, he actively participated in the Accademia del Cimento, the first official scientific society in Italy, formed by his younger brother, Leopoldo de' Medici. His 49-year rule was punctuated by the beginning of Tuscany's long economic decline, which was further exacerbated by his successor, Cosimo III de' Medici. He married Vittoria della Rovere, a first cousin, with whom he had two chil…
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