
Maria de' Medici
Born on:
26. April 1575
Deceased on:
3. July 1642
Father:
Francesco I. de' Medici ( 1587), Grand Duke of Tuscany
Mother:
Johanna of Austria ( 1578), youngest daughter of Emperor Ferdinand I. ( 1564) (the family-tree of the dynasty of the Hapsburgs is available only in German)
Spouse:
Henry IV. (1553-1610), King of France; wedding per procurationem in Florence on 5. October 1600 and in persona in Lyon on 27. December 1600 (the family-tree of the dynasty of the Bourbons is available only in German)
Children:
- her son Louis XIII., King of France, born on 27. September 1601, deceased on 14. May 1643; since 25. November 1615 married to Anna, the eldest daugther of King Philip III. of Spain ( 1621); two children – very unhappy marriage (the family-tree of the dynasty of the Hapsburgs and Bourbons is available only in German)
- her daughter Elizabeth, Queen of Spain, born on 20. December 1602 (or, according to a different source, on 22. November 1603), deceased on 6. October 1644, married to King Philip IV. of Spain ( 1665); eight children, only two of whom survived childhood (the family-tree of the dynasty of the Hapsburgs and Bourbons is available only in German)
- her daughter Christine, Duchess of Savoy, born on 10. February 1606, deceased on 27. December 1663, married to Duke Victor Amadeus I. of Savoy ( 1637) (the family-tree of the dynasty of the Bourbons is available only in German)
- her son Henry, born on 16. April 1607, deceased on 17. November 1611
- her son Gaston, Duke of Orlιans, born on 25. April 1608, deceased on 2. February 1660, first marriage to Marie de Bourbon-Montpensier ( 1627), second marriage to Marguerite of Lorraine
- her daughter Henriette Maria, Queen of England, born on 26. November 1609, deceased on 10. September 1669, married to King Charles I. of England ( 1649); nine children, only four of whom reached adulthood (the family-tree of the dynasty of the Stuarts is available only in German)
More Images:
Reading Suggestion:
- Maike Vogt-Luerssen: Maria de' Medici (in German only)























