Grand Duke of Tuscany

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The Grand Duke of Tuscany was the sovereign ruler of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, a historically significant Italian state centered on Florence and known for its cultural and political influence before Italian unification.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary monarch ⓘ
noble title ⓘ
sovereign ruler ⓘ
abolitionContext Italian unification ⓘ
associatedWith Italian Renaissance culture ⓘ
capitalOfRealm Florence ⓘ
coatOfArmsUsed Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
surface form: Arms of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany
continent Europe ⓘ
countryRuled Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
dynasty House of Habsburg ⓘ
surface form: House of Habsburg-Lorraine

House of Medici ⓘ
existedDuring Early Modern period ⓘ
Napoleonic era ⓘ
Italian Risorgimento ⓘ
surface form: Risorgimento
firstHolder Cosimo I de' Medici ⓘ
governmentForm absolute monarchy ⓘ
habsburgLorraineRuleBegan 1737 ⓘ
habsburgLorraineRuleInterrupted 1801 ⓘ
habsburgLorraineRuleRestored 1814 ⓘ
higherTitleComparedTo duke ⓘ
languageOfCourt Italian ⓘ
lastHolder Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
laterGovernmentForm constitutional monarchy ⓘ
laterIntegratedInto Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalRegion Tuscany ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Italy ⓘ
lowerTitleComparedTo king ⓘ
mediciRuleBegan 1569 ⓘ
mediciRuleEnded 1737 ⓘ
notableHolder Cosimo I de' Medici ⓘ
Cosimo II de' Medici ⓘ
Cosimo III de' Medici ⓘ
Ferdinando I de' Medici ⓘ
Grand Duke of Tuscany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
patronOf arts ⓘ
science ⓘ
predecessorTitle Duke of Florence ⓘ
rankInNobility grand duke ⓘ
recognizedBy Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Pope Pius V ⓘ
religionOfficial Roman Catholicism ⓘ
seatOfPower Florence ⓘ
style His Highness ⓘ
His Royal Highness ⓘ
successorState Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
symbolOfAuthority grand ducal crown ⓘ
titleAbolished 1860 ⓘ
titleCreatedFor Cosimo I de' Medici ⓘ
titleElevationYear 1569 ⓘ
typeOfMonarch territorial prince ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Bonaparte → hasDynasticTitle → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Grand Duke of Tuscany → notableHolder → Grand Duke of Tuscany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Medici court in Florence → hasNotableMember → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Dukes of Tuscany
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor → title → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
House of Medici → hasTitle → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Grand Duchess of Tuscany → feminineFormOf → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Villa del Poggio Imperiale (nearby) → patron → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
subject surface form: Villa del Poggio Imperiale
Villa del Poggio Imperiale (nearby) → usedBy → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
subject surface form: Villa del Poggio Imperiale
this entity surface form: Lorraine grand dukes of Tuscany
Cosimo I de' Medici → positionHeld → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Cosimo I de' Medici → nobleTitle → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Ferdinando I de' Medici → positionHeld → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Cosimo III de' Medici → positionHeld → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Cosimo II de' Medici → positionHeld → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Cosimo II de' Medici → title → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Francis of Lorraine → positionHeld → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor → title → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
House of Lorraine → hasMainTitle → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany → positionHeld → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany → nobleTitle → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Leopold II → positionHeld → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Leopold II → nobleTitle → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Duke of Florence → successorTitle → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Duke of Florence → titleHeldBefore → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Duke of Tuscany (for Cosimo I after 1569)
Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany → positionHeld → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Franz II. (as Holy Roman Emperor) → title → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
subject surface form: Franz II.
Duke of Lorraine → hasNotableTitleHolderWhoBecame → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany → positionHeld → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Monumento dei Quattro Mori → depicts → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Vittoria della Rovere → spouseTitle → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
King of Etruria → follows → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
King of Etruria → followedBy → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Gian Gastone de' Medici → positionHeld → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Medici family → heldTitle → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
Medici family → politicalRole → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Dukes of Tuscany
Francesco I de’ Medici → positionHeld → Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ