
Eleonora of Toledo
Born:
in the year 1522
Deceased on:
18. December 1562
Father:
Don Pedro Alvarez of Toledo († 1553), the Spanish Viceroy of Naples from 1532 until 1553
Mother:
Maria Pimentel y Osorio († 1530), the second Marchioness of Villafranca del Bierzo
Spouse:
Cosimo I. de' Medici (1519-1574), Grand Duke of Tuscany; marriage on 29. March 1539
Children:
- her daughter Maria, born on 3. April 1540, deceased on 19. November 1557
- her son Francesco I., Grand Duke of Tuscany, born on 25. March 1541, deceased on 20. October 1587
- her daughter Isabella, born on 31. August 1542, deceased on 16. July 1576 (allegedly strangled by her husband, Paolo Giordano I. Orsini (1541-1585), Duke of Bracciano, though cause of death was more likely a heart attack or stroke); Isabella and Paolo Giordano had two children: Eleonora (1571-1634) and Virginio (1572-1615)
- her son Giovanni, Cardinal since 1560, born on 28. September 1543, deceased on 20. November 1562
- her son Antonio, born in July oder August 1544, deceased in 1548
- her daughter Lucrezia, born on 7. June 1545, deceased on 21. April 1561, married to Alfonso II., Duke of Ferrara
- her son Pedricco (or Piero), born on 10. August 1546, deceased on 10. June 1547
- her son Garzia, born on 5. July 1547, deceased on 12. December 1562
- her son Ferdinand I., Cardinal from 1563 until 1588, Grand Duke of Tuscany since 1588; born on 30. July 1549, deceased on 7. February 1609
- her daughter Anna, born on 22. February 1553, deceased in 1553
- her son Pietro, born on 3. June 1554, deceased on 25. April 1604; in April 1571 he was married to his cousin Eleonora of Toledo (1553-1576), whom he allegedly murdered on 7. July 1576
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