Anna de' Medici

For the daughter of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, see Anna de' Medici (1616–1676)

Anna de' Medici
Princess of Tuscany
Anna de' Medici
Noble family	Medici
Father	Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Mother	Johanna of Austria
Born	31 December 1569(1569-12-31)
Died	19 February 1584(1584-02-19) (aged 14)

Anna de Medici (December 31, 1569 – February 19, 1584) was the third child of Francesco I de' Medici and Johanna of Austria. Her maternal grandparents were Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary while her paternal grandparents were Cosimo I de' Medici and Eleonora di Toledo.

Life

In 1578 when Anna was nine her mother died, her father then married Bianca Capello. She was one of seven children, two of her siblings were, Eleonora de' Medici (March 1, 1566 – September 9, 1611), who married Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1582–1612) and Marie de' Medici (1573–1642), who became Queen of France by her marriage to Henri IV in 1600, Marie was also the mother of Louis XIII of France, Anna and the rest of her siblings died in childhood. Anna died on the 19 February 1584 at the age of fourteen.

She is a descendent of Spanish monarchs through her mother such a Isabella I of Castile, Joanna of Castile and Philip I of Castile. Through her father her ancestors are the Medici family, such as her paternal grandfather Cosimo I de' Medici.

Ancestry

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