The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was founded in 1569. It succeeded the Duchy of Florence. The grand duchy was initially ruled by the House of Medici, until their extinction in 1737. The grand duchy passed to the House of Lorraine, and then, to its cadet branch, the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. The House of Habsburg Lorraine ruled Tuscany from 1765 to 1801, and then 1814 to 1859. A reigning grand duchess was styled:
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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The names of the wives of Boniface I is not known. | ||||||||
- | - | - | 828. husband's accession | 834. husband's deposition | - | Boniface I | ||
The names of the wive of is not known. | ||||||||
- | - | - | 847. husband's accession | - | Adalbert I | |||
Guy I of Spoleto. (Widonids ) | - | 863 | 886. husband's death | - | ||||
Bertha of Lotharingia | Lothair II of Lotharingia. (Carolingian ) | 863 | 895/898 | 10/15 September 915. husband's death | 8 March 925 | Adalbert II | ||
Marozia of Tusculum | Theophylact I, Count of Tusculum. (Tusculani ) | 863 – 8 March 925 | 925 | 929. husband's death | 932/937 | Guy |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Willa of Burgundy | Rudolph I of Burgundy. (Elder Welf ) | - | 912 | 931. husband's accession | 936. husband's deposition | after 936 | Boso | |
Willa of Spoleto | - | around 936 | 936. husband's accession | 13 February 962. husband's deposition | - | Hubert | ||
- | - | - | 961. husband's accession | 21 December 1001. husband's death | - | Hugh |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Guglielmo | - | - | 1014. husband's accession | 1027. husband's death | - | Rainier |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Richelida of Bergamo | Giselbert II, Count of Bergamo | late 10th century | before 1015 | 1027. husband's accession | after 1034 | Boniface IV | ||
Beatrice of Bar | Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorraine. (Ardennes-Bar ) | 1017 | 1037 | 6 May 1052. husband's death | 18 April 1076 |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Gertrude of Süpplingenburg | Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor. (Süpplingenburg ) | 18 April 1115 | 29 May 1127 | 1137. husband's accession | 20 October 1139. husband's death | 18 April 1143 | Henry |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Uta of Calw | . () | 1115/1120 | by January 1133 | October 1152. husband's accession | 1160. their son became Margrave | 1197 | Welf VI. (1st reign) | |
11/12 September 1167. husband's accession | 1173. husband lost the March | Welf VI. (2nd reign) |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Irene Angelina | Isaac II Angelos. (Angelos ) | 1177/1181 | 25 May 1197 | 1197. husband ceased to be Margrave | 27 August 1208 | Philip |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Death | Spouse | |
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Contessina de' Bardi | Alessandro de' Bardi. (Bardi ) | 1390 | 1416 | 6 October 1434. husband's accession | October 1473 | Cosimo de' Medici | ||
Lucrezia Tornabuoni | Francesco Tornabuoni | 1425 | 3 June 1444 | 1 August 1464. husband's accession | 25 March 1482 | Pietro de' Medici | ||
Clarice Orsini | Giacomo Orsini. (Orsini ) | 1453 | 7 February 1469 | 2 December 1469. husband's accession | 29 July 1487 | Lorenzo de' Medici | ||
Alfonsina Orsini | Roberto Orsini. (Orsini ) | 1472 | March 1488 | 9 April 1492. husband's accession | 7 February 1520. yet exiled in 1494 | Pietro de' Medici | ||
Republic restored 1494–1512 | ||||||||
Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne | John III, Count of Auvergne. (La Tour d'Auvergne ) | 1501 | 5 May 1518 | 28 April 1519 | Lorenzo II de' Medici | |||
Republic restored 1527–1530 |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Margaret of Austria | Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. (Habsburg ) | 28 December 1522 | 18 January 1536 | 6 January 1537. husband's death | 18 January 1586 | Alessandro de' Medici | ||
Eleanor of Toledo | Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, Marquis of Villafranca | 1522 | 29 March 1539 | 6 January 1537. husband's accession | 17 December 1562 | Cosimo I de' Medici |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Joanna of Austria | Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor. (Habsburg ) | 24 January 1547 | 25 December 1565 | 21 April 1574. husband's accession | 11 April 1578 | Francesco I | ||
Bianca Cappello | Bartolomeo Cappello. (Cappello) | 1548 | 12 June 1579 | 17 October 1587 | ||||
Christina of Lorraine | Charles III, Duke of Lorraine. (Lorraine ) | 16 August 1565 | 3 May 1589 | 17 February 1609. husband's death | 9 December 1637 | Ferdinando I | ||
Maria Magdalena of Austria | Charles II, Archduke of Austria. (Habsburg ) | 7 October 1589 | 19 October 1608 | 17 February 1609. husband's accession | 28 February 1621. husband's death | 1 November 1631 | Cosimo II | |
Vittoria della Rovere | Federico Ubaldo della Rovere. (Della Rovere ) | 7 February 1622 | 26 September 1633 | 23 May 1670. husband's death | 5 March 1694 | Ferdinando II | ||
Marguerite Louise d'Orléans | Gaston d'Orléans. (Orléans ) | 28 July 1645 | 20 June 1661 | 23 May 1670. husband's accession | 17 September 1721 | Cosimo III | ||
Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg | Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg. (Ascania ) | 13 June 1672 | 2 September 1697 | 31 October 1723. husband's accession | 9 July 1737. husband's death | 15 October 1741 | Gian Gastone |
The Medici became extinct in 1737. Francis Stpehen, Duke of Lorraine acceded the grand-ducal throne.
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Maria Theresa of Austria | Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor. (Habsburg ) | 13 May 1717 | 12 February 1736 | 9 July 1737. husband's accession | 18 August 1765. husband's death | 29 November 1780 | Francesco II |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Maria Luisa of Spain | Charles III of Spain. (Bourbon ) | 24 November 1745 | 5 August 1765 | 18 August 1765. husband's accession | 20 February 1790. husband's abdication, becomes Holy Roman Empress | 15 May 1792 | Leopold I | |
Luise of Naples and Sicily | Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies. (Bourbon-Two Sicilies ) | 27 July 1773 | 15 August 1790 | 21 March 1801. husband's deposition | 19 December 1802 | Ferdinand III |
The House of Habsburg-Lorraine was deposed by the Treaty of Aranjuez in 1801. The House of Bourbon-Parma ruled over Tuscany in the form of the Kingdom of Etruria until their own deposition by forces of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807.
Elisa Bonaparte become Duchess of her ancestral homeland in 1809 by appointment from her own second older brother and King of Italy, Napoleon himself.
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Maria Luisa of Spain | Charles IV of Spain. (Bourbon ) | 6 July 1782 | 25 August 1795 | 21 March 1801. husband's accession | 27 May 1803. husband's death | 13 March 1824 | Louis | |
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
The Habsburgs were restored by the Congress of Vienna in 1814.
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony | Maximilian, Crown Prince of Saxony. (Wettin ) | 27 April 1796 | 6 May 1821 | 18 June 1824. husband's death | 3 January 1865 | Ferdinand III | ||
Maria Anna of Saxony | Maximilian, Crown Prince of Saxony. (Wettin ) | 15 November 1799 | 16 November 1817 | 18 June 1824. husband's accession | 24 March 1832 | Leopold II | ||
Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies | Francis I of the Two Sicilies. (Bourbon-Two Sicilies ) | 19 December 1814 | 7 June 1833 | 21 July 1859. husband's abdication/deposition | 7 November 1898 |
Tuscany was annexed to the United Provinces of Central Italy in 1859, and then absorbed into the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1860.
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Alicia of Parma | Charles III, Duke of Parma. (Bourbons of Parma ) | 27 December 1849 | 11 January 1868 | 17 January 1908. husband's death | 16 November 1935 | Ferdinand IV | ||
Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies | Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta. (Bourbons of the Two Sicilies ) | 10 April 1877 | 8 November 1900 | 28 February 1942. husband's accession | 4 October 1947 | Peter Ferdinand | ||
Princess Dorothea of Bavaria | Prince Franz of Bavaria. (Wittelsbach ) | 25 May 1920 | 2 August 1938 | 21 January 1984. husband's death | 5 July 2015 | Gottfried | ||
Elyssa Edmonstone | Sir Archibald Bruce Edmonstone, of Duntreath, 7th Baronet. | 11 September 1973 | 18 June 1993 | 25 June 2013. divorce | n/a | Sigismund |