Il Granducato di Toscana fu fondato nel 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 1765-1801, and then 1814-1859.

A reigning grand duchess[1] was styled:

  • (1569-1691) Her Highness The Grand Duchess of Tuscany
  • (1691-1737)[2] Her Royal Highness The Most Serene Grand Duchess of Tuscany
  • (1737-1765) Her Imperial Majesty Holy Roman Empress, the Queen of Hunagry and Bohemia, the Archduchess of Austria, the Most Serene Grand Duchess of Tuscany, etc.[3]
  • (1765-1804) Her Royal Highness The Most Serene Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Archduchess of Austria, etc.
  • (1804-1859) Her Imperial and Royal Highness The Most Serene Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Archduchess of Austria, etc.

Margravine consort of Tuscany modifica

House of Bonifacii, 812–931 modifica

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

House of Arles, 931–1001 modifica

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

House of Bologna, 1004–1011 modifica

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House of ?, 1014-1027 modifica

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Waldrada Guglielmo - - 1014
husband's accession
1027
husband's death
- Rainier
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

House of Canossa, 1027–1115 modifica

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

House of Scheiern, 1120-1127 modifica

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House of Sponheim, 1135-1137 modifica

None

House of Welf, 1137-1139 modifica

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  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
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

House of Attems, 1139-1152 modifica

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House of Welf, 1152-1173 modifica

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Translation Needed 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)
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

House of Hohenstaufen, 1195-1197 modifica

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

Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany modifica

House of Medici, 1569–1737 modifica

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Johanna 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
  Christina of Lorraine Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
(Lorraine)
16 August 1565 3 May 1589 17 February 1609 9 December 1637 Ferdinando I
  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
  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
  Marguerite Louise d'Orléans Gaston d'Orléans
(Bourbon)
28 July 1645 20 June 1661 23 May 1670
husband's accession
17 September 1721 Cosimo III
  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
Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

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

House of Lorraine, 1737-1765 modifica

Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  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
Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

House of Habsburg-Lorraine, 1765-1801 modifica

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  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
  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
Picture Name House Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

The House of Habsburg-Lorraine was deposed by the Treaty of Aranjuez in 1801. The House of Bourbon-Parma ruled over Tuscany in the form of the Kingdom of Etruria until their own deposition by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807.

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House of Bourbon-Parma, 1801-1807 modifica

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  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
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

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House of Habsburg-Lorraine, 1814-1859 modifica

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

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
  Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony Maximilian, Crown Prince of Saxony
(WettinTemplate:Dn)
27 April 1796 6 May 1821 18 June 1824
husband's death
3 January 1865 Ferdinand III
  Maria Anna of Saxony Maximilian, Crown Prince of Saxony
(WettinTemplate:Dn)
15 November 1799 16 November 1817 18 June 1824
husband's accession
24 March 1832 Leopold II
  Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies Francis I of the Two Sicilies
(Bourbon)
19 December 1814 7 June 1833 21 July 1859
husband's abdication/deposition
3 January 1865
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse

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

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  1. ^ The Bourbon-Parma Kingdom of Etruria, which existed from 1801-1807, had one consort, she was styled as Her Majesty The Queen of Etrutia
  2. ^ The dates are theoretical, the first grand duchess became so in 1574, but here the style is dated at the establishment of the grand duchy. The grand duchy had a brief interregnum between 1801 and 1814, when it was part of Etruria, France, and then granted as a courtesy title to Napoleon I's sister, Elisa Bonaparte.
  3. ^ Maria Theresa of Austria was suo jure Queen of Hungary, Queen of Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, and, as the consort of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, she was Holy Roman Empress