Grand Duchy of Tuscany

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Italian state former state grand duchy

The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was a historic Italian state centered on Florence, renowned as a major hub of Renaissance culture, science, and art.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Arms of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian state ⓘ
former state ⓘ
grand duchy ⓘ
afterEvent Italian unification ⓘ
capital Florence ⓘ
coatOfArms coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
commonLanguage Tuscan dialect ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
currency Tuscan florin ⓘ
Tuscan lira ⓘ
dissolved 1859 ⓘ
endEvent Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
annexation to the Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
deposition of Grand Duke Leopold II ⓘ
firstRuler Cosimo I de' Medici ⓘ
flag flag of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
followed Republic of Florence ⓘ
governmentForm absolute monarchy ⓘ
constitutional monarchy ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
inception 1569 ⓘ
knownFor Renaissance art ⓘ
Renaissance culture ⓘ
Renaissance science ⓘ
patronage of the arts ⓘ
lastRuler Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
legalReformBy Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
locatedIn Central Italy ⓘ
Italian Peninsula ⓘ
majorCity Florence ⓘ
Pisa ⓘ
Siena ⓘ
majorPort Livorno ⓘ
neighboringEntity Duchy of Modena and Reggio ⓘ
Duchy of Parma ⓘ
Papal States ⓘ
Republic of Lucca ⓘ
notableEvent early abolition of the death penalty in 1786 ⓘ
notableRuler Cosimo I de' Medici ⓘ
Ferdinando I de' Medici ⓘ
Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany ⓘ
officialLanguage Italian ⓘ
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replacedBy Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
Tuscany ⓘ
surface form: Tuscany (region of Italy)
rulingDynasty House of Habsburg ⓘ
surface form: House of Habsburg-Lorraine

House of Medici ⓘ
startEvent elevation of the Duchy of Florence to a grand duchy by Pope Pius V ⓘ
granting of grand ducal title to Cosimo I de' Medici ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

Horace Mann → associatedWith → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Francis I of Austria → birthPlace → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Lully → birthPlace → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Galileo Galilei → citizenship → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Grand Duke of Tuscany → coatOfArmsUsed → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arms of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Battle of Lepanto → combatant → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
subject surface form: Francesco Maria del Monte
Jean-Baptiste Lully → countryOfCitizenship → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Sidereus Nuncius → countryOfOrigin → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Grand Duke of Tuscany → countryRuled → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Duchy of Florence → evolvedInto → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Prince of Lucca and Piombino → followedBy → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
First Coalition → hasMember → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Tuscany → historicalCapital → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Florence → historicalRegion → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Tuscans → historicalStates → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Battle of Lepanto → holyLeagueMember → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Duchy of Florence → mergedInto → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Caroline Bonaparte → placeOfDeath → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Louis Bonaparte → placeOfDeath → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Napoleonic) → predecessor → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy → predecessor → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Treaty of Vienna (1738) → signatory → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Duchy of Florence → successor → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Horace Mann → workLocation → Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ