The first series was planned by Lord Acton and edited by him with Stanley Leathes, Adolphus Ward and George Prothero. Leopold also approved and collaborated on the development of a political constitution, said to have anticipated by many years the promulgation of the French constitution and which presented some similarities with the Virginia Bill of Rights of 1778. Capital: Florence State Religion: Catholic Language(s): Italian, French Currency: Italian lira, French franc Government Type: Duchy Ideology: Religious Power . IV. office in the Tuscan port of Leghorn Militia were recruited into the army as needed to replace losses. Among the commanders of the detachment were three of the grand duke's brothers; two died and one, Mattias de'Medici, became general of artillery and served for a decade. If Leopold's line were to become extinct, it would revert to the main line. The Catholic Republic of Sicily annexed Palermo and surrounding areas, which would be claimed by the Emirate of Sicily by 1960. Timeline, Biographies He continued his father's Austrian/Imperial alliance, cementing it by marrying Johanna of Austria. Additionally, the senate appointed the commissions of war and public security, and the governors of Pisa, Arezzo, Prato, Voltera and Cortona and ambassadors. Soon after, Francis Stephen of Lorraine became heir to the Tuscan throne. After 1612, the Tuscans progressively stopped sending out expeditions and limited their naval operations to patrols. He was elected Holy Roman Emperor in 1745. Cosimo III was of a puritan character, banning May celebrations, forcing prostitutes to pay for licenses and, beheading sodomites. Leopold's concept of this was based on respect for the political rights of citizens and on a harmony of power between the executive and the legislative. In Tuscany, Leopold II sanctioned a liberal constitution; and instituted a liberal ministry. [13] The administration of the state was delegated to bureaucrats. F. Mansony, whose exequatur as Consul for the States of New Marie's father Stanisaw I of Poland ruled Lorraine as compensation for his loss of the Kingdom of Poland. Login Store Home Discovery Queue Wishlist Points Shop News Stats His wife, Eleanor of Toledo, died in 1562, along with four of his children due to a plague epidemic in Florence. Leopold himself died in 1792. [17] He was succeeded by Ferdinando de' Medici, his younger brother, whom he loathed. Meanwhile, the state's capital, Florence, had become full of beggars. The Duke of Lucca decided to abdicate his throne in favor of the Grand Duke of Tuscany Leopoldo II, while the Lucca territories of Montignoso, Gallicano, Minucciano and Castiglione di Garfagnana were given to Modena. In 1613, Cosimo II sent 2,000 infantry and 300 cavalry, along with an undisclosed number of Tuscan adventurers, to aid the Spanish after Savoy launched an invasion of the Monferrato. Despite this, both countries appointed representatives and established diplomatic offices until 1860 when the Grand Duchy was incorporated into the Kingdom of Italy. This led to a regency of Ferdinand's grandmother, Dowager Grand Duchess Christina, and his mother, Maria Maddalena of Austria. Every grand duke after Leopold resided in Florence; they were considered to be pro-Habsburg. (sometimes spelled as Feliechy), who was stationed at Leghorn (Livorno) from Soderini was deposed on 1512, when Cardinal Giovanni de Medici entered Florence with Papal troops. They were divided because the stato nuovo was a Spanish fief and the stato vecchio an Imperial one. He used his skill at choosing collaborators to put a young physician, Vincenzo Chiarugi, at its head. Grand Duchy Of Tuscany. Cosimo II's twelve-year reign was punctuated by his contented marriage with Maria Maddalena and his patronage of astronomer Galileo Galilei. and sovereign state in 1776 when the United States declared independence from Medici Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Over time, the Medici acquired several territories, which included: the County of Pitigliano, purchased from the Orsini family in 1604; the County of Santa Fiora, acquired from the House of Sforza in 1633; Spain ceded Pontremoli in 1650, Silvia Piccolomini sold her estates, the Marquisate of Castiglione at the time of Cosimo I, Lordship of Pietra Santa, and the Duchy of Capistrano and the city of Penna in the Kingdom of Naples. Ferdinando II died in 1670, succeeded by his oldest surviving son Cosimo. He imposed crippling taxes while the country's population continued to decline. He was elected Holy Roman Emperor in 1745. Piedemont annexed Genoa, but Lombardy, Tuscany and Apulia were exceemed. Tagliaferri, whose exequatur as Consul at New York was signed by President Franklin Pierce on November 1, 1854. Tuscan troops served the Emperor in Silesia during the Seven Years' War. She and her court left on 10 December. 1st Grand Master of the Order of St. Stephen. It peaked under Cosimo III. the duchy of Capistrano and Citta di Penna in the kingdom of Naples. to serve Florence was Vice Consular Agent James [21] Francesco and Ferdinando, due to lax distinction between Medici and Tuscan state property, are thought to be wealthier than their ancestor, Cosimo de' Medici, the founder of the dynasty. Routledge: 1997. The duchy's largest military deployment came during this war, when in June 1643 over 10,000 troops (7,000 Tuscans in eight regiments of infantry recruited from militia, garrison troops, and veteran mercenaries; 1 regiment of German infantry; 2,400 cavalry, a quarter of whom were Germans; and 1 regiment of Tuscan dragoons) with 18 cannons invaded the Papal States holding of Umbria, while other troops and militia were left garrisoning the grand duchy's major citadels, coastal forts, and border forts. [59] The Council of Two Hundred was a petitions court; membership was for life. the entire peninsula. Francis' second surviving son Peter Leopold became grand duke of Tuscany and ruled the country until his brother Joseph's death. The said revolution toppled the throne of France, and caused disarray across Europe. Only 1 was captured after 1635. Like the Empire's other loyal Italian subjects, the Tuscans were "hawks" who supported prosecuting the war to its conclusion. During their reigns the Renaissance started on a serious way. Mora, G. (1959) Vincenzo Chiarugi (17591820) and his psychiatric reform in Florence in the late 18th century (on the occasion of the bi-centenary of his birth). The Etruscans were a heavily civilized people, very influenced by their neighbors on Campania and the Balkans, the Greeks. She and her court left on 10 December. Siena was ruled by a governor appointed by the grand duke. Propose any changes to the talk page. Coat of arms of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine (Tuscany). Gian Gastone was not as steadfast in negotiating Tuscany's future as his father was. Flag of Grand Duchy of Tuscany(15621737), Imperial Banner of the HRE as state/naval flag(17491765), State flag with Lesser Coat of arms(18151848, 18491860), State flag with Great Coat of arms(17651800, 18151848, 18491860), Flag of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany(18481849), Lesser Coat of arms(18151848, 18491860), Great Coat of arms(17651800, 18151848, 18491860), Civil flag and civil ensign(18151848, 18491860). Don Carlos became King of Naples shortly after his arrival in Florence in 1735, by the Treaty of Turin. Therefore, Tuscan recognition plebiscites in the northern Italian states. In the 19th century the population of the Grand Duchy was about 1,815,000 inhabitants. In the 19th century the population of the Grand Duchy was about 1,815,000 inhabitants. Tuscany, Under the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, flourished in its Austrian connections at the cost of tense Italian relations, Located in central Italy. The Continental Congress terminated Izzard's mission on June 8, 1779, once it became clear the Duchy would not recognize the United States. He used his skill at choosing collaborators to put a young physician, Vincenzo Chiarugi, at its head. Franklin, John They began to raid independently of the galleys on long voyages to the Levant. Tuscany, Italy: landscape Tuscany is a transitional region occupying much of the former grand duchy of that name near the base of the Italian peninsula. Cosimo married Marguerite Louise d'Orlans, a granddaughter of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici. [3], Having brought nearly all Tuscany under his control after conquering the Republic of Siena, Cosimo I de' Medici, was elevated by a papal bull of Pope Pius V to Grand Duke of Tuscany on August 27, 1569. Civil unrest governed Tuscany. In 1535, a delegation was sent to Charles V to ask him to depose Alessandro De'Medici, sent by the several illustrious families such as the Pazzi, which had tried to kill Lorenzo the Magnificient on the Pazzi Conspiracy. [1] Ombrosi's appointment was refused by Grand Duke Ferdinand. U.S. Consular agent Philip Felicchi was appointed on May Francis had to cede his ancestral Duchy of Lorraine in order to accommodate the deposed ruler of Poland, whose daughter Marie Leszczyska became Queen of France and of Navarre in 1725. The grand duchy had two sources of naval power: the state navy and the Order of Saint Stephen. Ombrosi was accredited on May 15, 1819. St.Minias was Florence's first martyr on 250 C.E during Decius' anti-Christian persecutions. [10] Cosimo also was a long-term supporter of Pope Pius V, who in the light of Florence's expansion in August 1569 declared Cosimo Grand Duke of Tuscany, a title unprecedented in Italy. In the 19th century the population of the Grand Duchy was about 1,815,000 inhabitants. It lists some 238 vessels captured from 1563 to 1688; enemy galleys captured from 1568 to 1599 were 11 (for the loss of an identical number), and another 17 were seized between 1602 and 1635. All unauthorized edits may be reverted on the admin's discretion. His affinity for Austria was equally unpalatable. Tuscany was neutral during the War of the Spanish Succession, partly due to Tuscany's ramshackle military; a 1718 military review revealed that the army numbered less than 3,000 men, many of whom were infirm and elderly. His second son Ferdinand became ruler of the Grand Duchy. Francis did not live in his Tuscan realm, and lived in the capital of his wife's realm, Vienna. The Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the United States formally recognized each other in 1794, but never formally established diplomatic relations. Yves-Marie Berce figures that most of those troops were of French or Swiss origin, but Hanlon disputes this, saying that Italians comprised a larger portion, and that the specific origins of the troops have very little information to go on. Unfortunately, he had to go back to Rome as the Pope had just died, and he had to attend to the conclave. IV. The Tuscans despised the new occupying "Lorrainers", as they interfered with the Tuscan government, while the occupying Spaniards had not done so. The Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Italian: Granducato di Toscana; Latin: Magnus Ducatus Etruriae) was an Italian monarchy that existed, with interruptions, from 1569 to 1859, replacing the Republic of Florence. A provisional republic was established in his stead. [50], Leopold also introduced radical reforms to the system of neglect and inhumane treatment of the mentally ill. On 23January 1774, the legge sui pazzi (law regarding the insane) was established, the first of its kind to be introduced in Europe, allowing steps to be taken to hospitalize individuals deemed insane. Leopold II lent his support to the Kingdom of Sardinia in the Austro-Sardinian War. On 30November 1786, after having defacto blocked capital executions (the last was in 1769), Leopold promulgated the reform of the penal code that abolished the death penalty and ordered the destruction of all the instruments for capital execution in his land. In March 1809 a "General Government of the Departments of Tuscany" was set up, and Napoleon Bonaparte put his sister Elisa Bonaparte at its head, with the title of Grand Duchess of Tuscany. A Tuscan-Spanish treaty that bound the two at the end of the Italian Wars demanded that Tuscany send 5,000 troops to the Spanish army if ever Lombardy or Naples was attacked. The Treaty of the Hague reconfirmed the statuses of Tuscany and Parma-Piacenza as imperial fiefs. [24] Cosimo II's twelve-year reign was punctuated by his contented marriage with Maria Maddalena and his patronage of astronomer Galileo Galilei. Monroe on November 6, 1817. 8 of them around 1610 floated a total of 200 guns. Having brought nearly all Tuscany under his control after conquering the . The Grand Duchy of Tuscany from 1815 to 1847. On Italy, unlike on most of the world, the Axis were victorious. Following the collapse of the Napoleonic system in 1814, the grand duchy was restored. The Medici, not only patrons of the arts and the sciences but also of Roman Catholicism, were also popes and cardinals. [7], In 1569, Cosimo de' Medici had ruled the Duchy of Florence for 32 years. Francis I (as Francis Stephen became known) lived in Florence briefly with his wife, the Habsburg heiress Maria Theresa, who became Tuscany's grand duchess. Ferdinand I expanded the Tuscan fleet after expanding the arsenal at Livorno, and oversaw many raids by both the navy and Order, including on Chios in 1599 (a failure), Prevesa in 1605 (5 galleys with 400 Tuscan militia; a success), various Turkish ports in 1606 (6 galleys, some roundships, and 750 Tuscan soldiers; a success), and Bone in 1607 (8 galleys, 9 bertoni, and 1 galleon, with 2,300 soldiers; a success). Tuscany participated in the Wars of Castro (the last time Medicean Tuscany proper was involved in a conflict) and inflicted a defeat on the forces of Urban VIII in 1643. Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Page 102. The administrative structure of the grand duchy itself would see little change under FrancisI. Leo XI died less than a month later, but fortunately for the Medici his successor Pope Paul V was also pro-Medici. He was briefly deposed by a provisional government in 1849, but restored to power the same year by Austrian troops. The characteristic landscape is a blend of gently rolling hills leading on to sharply peaked mountains that pose a formidable barrier between Tuscany and regions to the south. The document in question was officiated on the 27th of that month. Rumours circulated at the Viennese court that had Cosimo as a candidate for King of England. Tuscany, good ties with the British Navy in the Mediterranean were a After the fall of that empire it successively belonged to the Goths and Lombards, by the last . For the medieval duchy of Tuscany, see March of Tuscany. By 1705, the grand ducal treasury was virtually bankrupt, and the population of Florence had declined by approximately 50%, while the population of the entire grand duchy had decreased by an estimated 40%. During his reign, Florence purchased the island of Elba from the Republic of Genoa (in 1548), conquered Siena (in 1555) and developed a well-equipped and powerful naval base on Elba. Tuscany then ceded its Lunigiana territories to Modena with the exception of Pontremoli which passed to the Duchy of Parma. His wife, Eleanor of Toledo, died in 1562, along with four of his children due to a plague epidemic in Florence. Former Italian state (15691801; 18151859). Gian Gastone was not as steadfast in negotiating Tuscany's future as his father was. [71], The Tuscans were early pioneers in the deployment of roundships, as technology made manpower-heavy galleys less efficient. State. To augment the Tuscan silk industry, he oversaw the planting of Mulberry trees along the major roads (silk worms feed on Mulberry leaves). All our content comes from Wikipedia and under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. He was forced out by the French during the French Revolutionary Wars, first in spring 1799 when a jacobin provisional government was created by the French army, and then after the Treaty of Aranjuez (1801), becoming instead Elector of Salzburg, ruling the territory of the former archbishopric. The interest rate was lowered by 0.75%. When Cosimo died, his oldest son, Ferdinando, was still a minor. The Order in 1604 counted among its fleet 6 galleys, 3 roundships/bertoni, 2 transports, 1 galleon, and 1 galleass, supplemented by other ships financed by corsairs flying the Tuscan banner. Italian nationalism exploded in the post-Napoleonic years, leading to the establishment of secret societies bent on a unified Italy. [1], Despite no formality of relations, both countries made several attempts to sign a treaty of commerce. Cosimo experienced several personal tragedies during the later years of his reign. the new Kingdom of Italy was proclaimed on March 17, 1861, with the royal The court moved to Salzburg and lived there in exile until 1918. [68] The duchy's largest military deployment came during this war, when in June 1643 over 10,000 troops (7,000 Tuscans in eight regiments of infantry recruited from militia, garrison troops, and veteran mercenaries; 1 regiment of German infantry; 2,400 cavalry, a quarter of whom were Germans; and 1 regiment of Tuscan dragoons) with 18 cannons invaded the Papal States holding of Umbria, while other troops and militia were left garrisoning the grand duchy's major citadels, coastal forts, and border forts. [26], Ferdinando was obsessed with new technology, and had several hygrometers, barometers, thermometers, and telescopes installed in the Pitti. Grand Duke of $1,000,000 to help finance the war. The grand duke Leopold II agreed to ratify a liberal constitution in 1848. The In Leopold's years Italy was engulfed in popular rebellion, culminating in the Revolutions of 1848. Following the collapse of the Napoleonic system in 1814, the grand duchy was restored. Cosimo III's reign was characterised by drastic changes and a sharp decline of the Grand Duchy. [18] He shifted Tuscany away from Habsburg[20] hegemony by marrying the first non-Habsburg candidate since Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, Christina of Lorraine, a granddaughter of Catherine de' Medici. They began to raid independently of the galleys on long voyages to the Levant. Date/Time Chiarugi and his collaborators introduced new humanitarian regulations in the running of the hospital and caring for the mentally ill patients, including banning the use of chains and physical punishment, and in so doing have been recognized as early pioneers of what later came to be known as the moral treatment movement. Cosimo contemplated restoring the Republic of Florence,[7][43] a decision that was complicated by the Grand Duchy's feudal status: Florence was an Imperial fief, Siena a Spanish one. History | Cosimo I de' Medici conquered nearly all of Tuscany and was elevated by a papal bull of Pope Pius V to Grand Duke of Tuscany on August 27, 1569. Ferdinand IV's hypothetical reign didn't last long; the House of Habsburg-Lorraine was formally deposed by the National Assembly on 16 August 1859.[54]. It was conquered by the Romans 280 BC. The two areas were governed by separate laws. By January 1785, the process of negotiating such an agreement never came to be for unknown reasons.[1]. Tuscany was then invaded by France, who created the Napoleonic Kingdom of Eturia, making a reference to the ancient Latin name. Torture was also banned. The duchy was restored to Bourbon rule in 1847, after which it was formally abolished and integrated into a new Italian state. HISTORICAL COATS OF ARMS OF THE GRAND DUCHY OF TUSCANY House of Medici. World Wide Diplomatic Archives Gian Gastone would repeal his father's puritan laws. This left his eldest son, Francesco, to rule the duchy. Do not confund with the founder of the Medici dynasty. Ferdinando's pro-Papal foreign policy, however, had drawbacks. [15] Cosimo's reign was one of the most militaristic Tuscany had ever seen. That made the Republic of Florence to become very rich. On 22 March 1860, after a referendum that voted overwhelmingly (95%[7]) in favour of a union with Sardinia; Tuscany was formally annexed to Sardinia. Ferdinando sponsored a Tuscan colony in America, with the intention of establishing a Tuscan settlement in the area of what is now French Guiana. [44] The proposal sank, and ultimately died with Cosimo in 1723. The preponderance of small vessels among the prizes indicates that most of the trophies were easy victories. In 1613, Cosimo II sent 2,000 infantry and 300 cavalry, along with an undisclosed number of Tuscan adventurers, to aid the Spanish after Savoy launched an invasion of the Monferrato. Their union wrought a high level of discontentment, but despite the tension they had three children, Ferdinando, Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Electress Palatine and the last Medicean grand duke of Tuscany, Gian Gastone de' Medici. However, the size and quality of the duchy's militia varied throughout its existence, as did its army. between the two states. In 1803, the first King of Etruria, Louis I, died and was succeeded by his infant son, Charles Louis, under the regency of his mother, Queen Mara Luisa. [28], Tuscany was one of the states of the Holy Roman Empire that sided with the Emperor in the Thirty Years War, sending thousands of troops to support the pro-Imperial side from 1631. Under him, Tuscany was ruled by a viceroy, Marc de Beauvau-Craon, Prince de Craon. 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In February 1849, Leopold II had to abandon Tuscany to Republicans and sought refuge in the Neapolitan city of Gaeta. [1] The grand duchy's capital was Florence. They launched several big ships at Portoferraio after 1601, with an armament of 40 guns each yet only 60 seamen each. He also instituted several laws censoring education[34] and introduced anti-Jewish legislation. Tuscany during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; House of Commons, John Bowring, 1839, p 6, Austria and Spain were ruled by the House of Habsburg; the two are interchangeable terms for the time period in question, Joachim Whaley, "Germany and the Holy Roman Empire: Volume II: The Peace of Westphalia to the Dissolution of the Reich, 1648-1806", from the Oxford History of Early Modern Europe, p. 137. Department of State, U.S. Vittoria della Rovere brought the Duchies of Montefeltro and Rovere into the family in 1631, upon her death in 1694, they passed to her younger son, Francesco Maria de' Medici. In addition to its regular army, the duchy maintained a citizen-militia. In 1731, the Powers gathered at Vienna to decide who would succeed Gian Gastone. [30] The treasury was so empty that when the Castro mercenaries were paid for the state could no longer afford to pay interest on government bonds. In 1803, the first King of Etruria, Louis I, died and was succeeded by his infant son, Charles Louis, under the regency of his mother, Queen Mara Luisa. The Grand Duchy was ruled by the House of Medici until the extinction of its senior branch in 1737. [16], Francesco had little interest in governing his realm, instead participating in scientific experiments. Gregory Hanlon. mission was terminated on June 8, 1779. The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was an independent and sovereign state in 1776 when the United States declared independence from Great Britain. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor proclaimed Alessandro de' Medici, ruler of Florence "for his lifetime, and after his death to be succeeded by his sons, male heirs and successors, of his body, by order of primogeniture, and failing them by the closest male of the Medici family, and likewise in succession forever, by order of primogeniture.". Tuscany was overcome with religious orders, all of whom were not obliged to pay taxes. Together they had two children: Cosimo, in 1642, and Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro, in 1660. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor proclaimed Alessandro de' Medici, ruler of Florence "for his lifetime, and after his death to be succeeded by his sons, male heirs and successors, of his body, by order of primogeniture, and failing them by the closest male of the Medici family, and likewise in succession forever, by order of primogeniture.
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