Claudia de' Medici

Claudia de' Medici
Archduchess of Austria & Countess of Tyrol Duchess of Urbino
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Born	(1604-06-04)4 June 1604 Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Tuscany
Died	Palace of Innsbruck, HRE
Spouse	Federico della Rovere, Duke of Urbino Leopold V, Archduke of Austria
Issue	Vittoria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany Archduke Ferdinand Charles Isabella Clara, Duchess of Mantua Archduke Sigismund Francis Maria Leopoldine, Holy Roman Empress
Full name Claudia de' Medici
House	House of Medici
Father	Ferdinando I de' Medici
Mother	Christina of Lorraine

Claudia de' Medici (4 June 1604 – 25 December 1648) was Regent of the Austrian County of Tyrol during the minority of her son from 1632 until 1646. She was a daughter of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Christina of Lorraine. She was born in Florence, and was named after her grandmother Claude of Valois, herself granddaughter of Claude, Duchess of Brittany, consort to King Francis I of France.

Biography

First marriage

In 1620, she married Federico Ubaldo della Rovere, the only son of Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino. Their only child went on to marry the Grand Duke of Tuscany. He died suddenly on 29 June 1623.

Second marriage

After her husband's premature death, she was married, on 19 April 1626, to Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, and thus became Archduchess consort of Austria. She died at Innsbruck in 1648.

On the death of her husband in 1632, she assumed a regency in the name of her son Ferdinand Charles who was the ruler of the Princely County of Tyrol. Claudia, along with five directors, held the post until 1646.

Issue

She had one child by Federico Ubaldo della Rovere:

1. Vittoria della Rovere (1622–1694) married Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and had issue.

She had five children by Leopold V:

1. Maria Eleonora of Austria (1627–1629) died in infancy.
2. Ferdinand Charles of Austria (1628–1662) married Anna de' Medici and had issue.
3. Isabella Clara of Austria (1629–1685), who married Charles III, Duke of Mantua and had issue.
4. Sigismund Francis of Austria (1630–1665), Count of Tyrol and Regent of Further Austria, who married Countess Palatine Maria Hedwig Auguste of Sulzbach (1650–1681) and had no issue.
5. Maria Leopoldine of Austria (1632–1649), who married Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III (1608–1657) and had issue.

Ancestors

Family of Claudia de' Medici

16. Giovanni de' Medici il Popolano               8. Giovanni dalle Bande Nere                       17. Caterina Sforza               4. Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany                             18. Jacopo Salviati               9. Maria Salviati                       19. Lucrezia de' Medici               2. Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany                                   20. Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo               10. Pedro Álvarez de Toledo                       21. Isabel de Zúñiga y Pimentel               5. Eleonora di Toledo                             22. Luis Pimentel y Pacheco               11. Maria Osorio Pimentel, Marchioness of Villafranca del Bierzo                       23. Juana Osorio y Bazán               1. Claudia de' Medici                                         24. Antoine, Duke of Lorraine               12. Francis I, Duke of Lorraine                       25. Renée of Bourbon-Montpensier               6. Charles III, Duke of Lorraine                             26. Christian II of Denmark               13. Christina of Denmark                       27. Isabella of Austria               3. Christina of Lorraine                                   28. Francis I of France               14. Henry II of France                       29. Claude of France               7. Claude of Valois                             30. Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino               15. Catherine de' Medici                       31. Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne

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