This led to a regency of Ferdinand's grandmother, Dowager Grand Duchess Christina, and his mother, Maria Maddalena of Austria. Tuscan troops served the Emperor in Silesia during the Seven Years' War. Leopold attempted to secularize the property of the religious houses or to put the clergy entirely under the control of the government. After the destruction of the Lombard kingdom by Charlemagne, it became a county first, and then a march. Italian nationalism exploded in the post-Napoleonic years, leading to the establishment of secret societies bent on a unified Italy. 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. [17] Francesco is best remembered for dying on the same day as his second wife, Bianca Cappello, spurring rumours of poisoning. Tuscany was overcome with religious orders, all of whom were not obliged to pay taxes. Leopold was contemporarily acknowledged as a liberal monarch. 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Grand Duchy Of Tuscany. Tuscany entered into a great period of stability and tolerance. Tuscany was ruled by the House of Medici and thrived bearing witness to unprecedented economic and military success under Cosimo I and his sons. 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. Cosimo also banned the clergy from holding administrative positions and promulgated laws of freedom of religion, which were unknown during his time. The international reaction to Cosimo's elevation was bleak. Rome ensued peace. Former Italian state (15691801; 18151859). [19] Ferdinando was forced to marry his heir, Cosimo, to Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria to assuage Spain (where Maria Maddalena's sister was the incumbent Queen consort). 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). Francis Stephen altered the laws of succession in 1763, when he declared his second son, Leopold, heir to the grand duchy. His descendants ruled, and resided in, the grand duchy until its end in 1859, barring one interruption, when Napoleon Bonaparte gave Tuscany to the House of Bourbon-Parma (Kingdom of Etruria, 18017). Before the Roman times, the area of today's Tuscany was called Eturia, because of the Etruscan culture. The Second Austro-Sardinian war broke out in the summer of 1859. Education was much neglected, and the only institutions of note were the universities of Pisa and Siena. United States and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Torture was also banned. This page was last updated at 2023-01-01 05:41 UTC. Coat of Arms (1562-1737) House of Habsburg-Lorraine. The grand duchy's capital was Florence. Leopold was succeeded by Ferdinand III. Cosimo experienced several personal tragedies during the later years of his reign. Delbrck, Hans (1990) [1920]. The United Provinces of Central Italy, a client state of the Kingdom of Sardinia, annexed Tuscany in 1859. The grand duke Leopold II agreed to ratify a liberal constitution in 1848. However, the constitution was so radically new that it garnered opposition even from those who might have benefited from it. Gian Gastone was not as steadfast in negotiating Tuscany's future as his father was. While not as internationally renowned as the old republic, the grand duchy thrived under the Medici and it bore witness to unprecedented economic and military success under Cosimo I and his sons, until the reign of Ferdinando II, which saw the beginning of the state's long economic decline. [32] Ferdinando II died in 1670, succeeded by his oldest surviving son Cosimo. 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. The Duchy maintained good ties with England and its navy in the Mediterranean to maintain trade and commercial ties. The government was finally dissolved upon its annexation to the United Provinces of Central Italy in 1859. 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. There were no bilateral treaties or agreements between the United States and United States Department of State. The proposal sank, and ultimately died with Cosimo in 1723. The Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the United States never established diplomatic [7] 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. It was conquered by the Romans 280 BC. 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. 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. 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. The grand duke also enticed English corsairs in North Africa to use Livorno as a base instead in exchange for amnesty and a share of their profits; Livorno quickly became a corsair capital, with the corsairs preying on both Muslim and Christian shipping. NATO on blue, Warsaw Pact on red, gray is disputed. Florence was rebuilt in 59 B.C.E as a settlement for veterans, named Florentia. [24] Cosimo II's twelve-year reign was punctuated by his contented marriage with Maria Maddalena and his patronage of astronomer Galileo Galilei. In 1569, Cosimo de' Medici had ruled the Duchy of Florence for 32 years. Relations, World Wide Diplomatic Archives It was made by Julius Caesar due to the rich farming village of the Arno, the river in which Florence was located. [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. Ferdinando, despite no longer being a cardinal, exercised much influence at successive Papal conclaves; elections which chose the Pope, the head of the Catholic Church. Cosimo contemplated restoring the Republic of Florence, a decision that was complicated by the Grand Duchy's feudal status: Florence was an Imperial fief, Siena a Spanish one. The preponderance of small vessels among the prizes indicates that most of the trophies were easy victories. He was briefly deposed by a provisional government in 1849, but restored to power the same year by Austrian troops. Transl. Cosimo experienced several personal tragedies during the later years of his reign. Married Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain (1745 - 1792) daughter of Charles III (1716 - 1788) King of Spain. The Italian Peninsula on 1915: Allies on blue, Central Powers on red. [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. During their reigns the Renaissance started on a serious way. [29], 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. The Tuscans despised the new occupying "Lorrainers", as they interfered with the Tuscan government, while the occupying Spaniards had not done so. 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. He used his skill at choosing collaborators to put a young physician, Vincenzo Chiarugi, at its head. Parliament. The administrative structure of the grand duchy itself would see little change under FrancisI. It was also known by the Greeks as "Tyrhennia" because of the Tyrhennian Sea. On Livorno, he implanted a law of freedom of religion. Login Store Home Discovery Queue Wishlist Points Shop News Stats Archduke Charles Louis John Joseph Laurentius of Austria, Duke of Teschen (German: Erzherzog Karl Ludwig Johann Josef Lorenz von sterreich, Herzog von Teschen; 5 September 1771 - 30 April 1847) was an Austrian field-marshal, the third son of Emperor Leopold II and his wife, Maria Luisa of Spain. The Grand Duke alone had the prerogative to exploit the state's mineral and salt resources. to serve Florence was Vice Consular Agent James Despite giving recognition to the U.S., the Duchy refused to recognize American consular agents posted in Florence. 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. Rumours circulated at the Viennese court that had Cosimo as a candidate for King of England. Italy was unified in 1870, when the remains of the Papal States were annexed in that September, deposing Pope Pius IX. The fortunes of the Medici were directly tied to the Tuscan economy. Date/Time It formally created a hereditary monarchy, abolished the age-old signoria (elective government) and the office of gonfaloniere (titular ruler of Florence elected for a two-month term); in their place was the consigliere, a four-man council elected for a three-month term, headed by the "Duke of the Florentine Republic" (and later the Grand Duke of Tuscany). 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. Hanlon considers the report overly optimistic, but with some basis in fact. [35] He imposed crippling taxes[36] while the country's population continued to decline. Francis' second surviving son Peter Leopold became grand duke of Tuscany and ruled the country until his brother Joseph's death. A provisional republic was established in his stead. [31] The economy was so decrepit that barter trade became prevalent in rural market places. [52][53], The Napoleonic system collapsed in 1814, and the following territorial settlement, the Congress of Vienna, ceded the State of Presidi to a restored Tuscany. His wife, Eleanor of Toledo, died in 1562, along with four of his children due to a plague epidemic in Florence. 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. They drew up the Treaty of Vienna, which gave the grand ducal throne to Don Carlos, Duke of Parma. The Senate, composed of forty-eight men, chosen by the constitutional reform commission, was vested with the prerogative of determining Florence's financial, security, and foreign policies. This created great civil unrest. In 1608, they intercepted a Turkish convoy of 42 vessels off Rhodes, seizing 9 and netting 600 slaves and a booty of 1 million ducats, equivalent to two years of revenue for the whole grand duchy. [1] Ombrosi's appointment was refused by Grand Duke Ferdinand. Soon after, Francis Stephen of Lorraine became heir to the Tuscan throne. This was used both for the protection of towns and fortresses that the army was not able to garrison, and as a reserve from which semi-trained men would be drawn into the army. Like the Empire's other loyal Italian subjects, the Tuscans were "hawks" who supported prosecuting the war to its conclusion. The grand duchy's capital was Florence. On 1941, Venezia attacked Lombardy. [67] From 1629 to 1630 he also sent 6,000 troops to join the Spanish in the War of the Mantuan Succession, plus a naval detachment and funds to pay for 4,000 Swiss mercenaries. The Treaty of the Hague reconfirmed the statuses of Tuscany and Parma-Piacenza as imperial fiefs. Civil unrest governed Tuscany. Following the Republic's surrender in the Siege of Florence, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor issued a proclamation explicitly stating that he and he alone could determine the government of Florence. A notable incident in this time was a naval battle off Sardinia in October 1624, in which 15 Tuscan, Papal, and Neapolitan galleys converged on a flotilla of 5 Algerian pirate vessels (including a large flagship). The Government of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany refused to recognize to the Court of the Grand Duke of Tuscany on July 1, 1777, the U.S. [48], Leopold developed and supported many social and economic reforms. In 1688, another 6 galleys and 860 soldiers joined the fray. [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. Soon after the Romans conquered Eturia, Rome built new cities, such as Lucca, Pisa, Siena, and Florence. Christina dominated her grandson long after he came of age until her death in 1636. liberal political systems. At the end of it, a great revolt of cotton workers, called the Ciompi Revolt, happened. In 1731, the Powers gathered at Vienna to decide who would succeed Gian Gastone. Florence became a fiefdom of Spain on 1557, but it conserved its independence. Leopold attempted to secularize the property of the religious houses or to put the clergy entirely under the control of the government. Nuclear energy was developed for the first time on Tuscany by a reaction made by Enrico Fermi in a squash room. Having brought nearly all Tuscany under his control after conquering the . [48] Smallpox vaccination was made systematically available (Leopold's mother Maria Theresa had been a huge supporter on inoculation against smallpox), and an early institution for the rehabilitation of juvenile delinquents was founded. CosimoI died in 1574 of apoplexy, leaving a stable and extremely prosperous Tuscany behind him, having been the longest ruling Medici yet. Gian Gastone would repeal his father's puritan laws. The Catholic Republic of Sicily annexed Palermo and surrounding areas, which would be claimed by the Emirate of Sicily by 1960. Ferdinand was the son of the incumbent Grand Duke, and Grand Duchess Maria Louisa. After 1612, the Tuscans progressively stopped sending out expeditions and limited their naval operations to patrols. Siena was ruled by a governor appointed by the grand duke. [17] He was succeeded by Ferdinando de' Medici, his younger brother, whom he loathed. Tuscany, although part of NATO, was of center-left tendencies. An "Extraordinary Giunta" was placed in charge under General Jacques Franois Menou. From 1629 to 1630 he also sent 6,000 troops to join the Spanish in the War of the Mantuan Succession, plus a naval detachment and funds to pay for 4,000 Swiss mercenaries. Etruria lasted less than a decade. 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. states voted to join Piedmont-Sardinia, with the ultimate goal of unifying 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. the entire peninsula. 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. However, Maximilian eventually confirmed the elevation with an Imperial diploma in 1576. The first series was planned by Lord Acton and edited by him with Stanley Leathes, Adolphus Ward and George Prothero. Arms (1815-1848, 1849-1860) Coat of Arms (1815-1848, 1849-1860) Great Coat of Arms (1765-1800, 1815-1848, 1849-1860) SVG development He capitulated to foreign demands, and instead of endorsing the claim to the throne of his closest male relative, the prince of Ottajano, he allowed Tuscany to be bestowed upon Francis Stephen of Lorraine. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}43N 11E / 43N 11E / 43; 11, 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. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. 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. It established a revolutionary commune. The representatives of the Grand In the 10-hour battle, punctuated by cannon fire and boarding actions, 600 pirates were killed or captured and they lost 4 of the 5 ships (3 sunk, 1 captured), while the Italians lost 60 dead. Like his uncle, Francesco I, government held no appeal for him, and Tuscany was ruled by his ministers. [19] To strengthen the new Tuscan alliance, he married the deceased Francesco's younger daughter, Marie, to Henry IV of France. Garibaldis march to liberate the Kingdom of [19] To augment the Tuscan silk industry, he oversaw the planting of Mulberry trees along the major roads (silk worms feed on Mulberry leaves). What France and Germany didn't know is that that declaration of war would start World War II, and that their empires and themselves would end by 1946. residence at Boston) was signed by President James The fear that the Emperor would impose conscription on the duchy caused 2% of the population to flee to the Papal States. The grand duchy had two sources of naval power: the state navy and the Order of Saint Stephen. However, Maximilian eventually confirmed the elevation with an Imperial diploma in 1576. The Emirate of Sicily, part of NATO, claimed the western part of the Christian Republic of Sicily (then People's Christian Republic of Sicily), creating the Palermo Crisis. of the United States early-on was beneficial to U.S. trade and commerce. In 1572 the Tuscan navy consisted of 11 galleys, 2 galleasses, 2 galleons, 6 frigates, and various transports, carrying in all 200 guns, manned by 100 knights, 900 seamen, and 2,500 oarsmen. From 1553 to 1559, Tuscany raised 30,000 troops for their participation in the Last Italian War, which saw the Republic of Siena being added to the duchy. With the end of Spanish subsidies, in 1574 the navy shrunk to 4 galleys. agreement ground to a halt, for reasons unknown. Leopold felt obliged to espouse Austria's cause. He was then tortured and executed by Fiorentine functionaries, and killed on May 1498. Puritanism swept through the Republic, and someone appointed Jesus of Nazareth (Christ) as the King of Florence. Index, Leghorn Tuscany was governed by a viceroy, Marc de Beauvau-Craon, for his entire rule. Ferdinando was obsessed with new technology, and had several hygrometers, barometers, thermometers, and telescopes installed in the Pitti. The interest rate was lowered by 0.75%. The Grand Duchy of Tuscany also owns the Duchy of Lucca, teh Duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla and the Duchy of Modena and Reggio. By January 1785, the process of negotiating such an agreement never came to be for unknown reasons.[1]. Tuscany then ceded its Lunigiana territories to Modena with the exception of Pontremoli which passed to the Duchy of Parma. Smallpox vaccination was made systematically available (Leopold's mother Maria Theresa had been a huge supporter on inoculation against smallpox), and an early institution for the rehabilitation of juvenile delinquents was founded. In 1847, Leopold, following the death of the then-incumbent Duchess of Parma, Marie Louise of Austria, and the secret Treaty of Florence (1844), annexed the Duchy of Lucca, a state created solely to accommodate the House of Bourbon-Parma until they could re-assume their Parmese sovereignty. He commanded the draining of the Tuscan marshlands, built a road network in Southern Tuscany, and cultivated trade in Livorno. Leopold developed and supported many social and economic reforms. Tuscany was then invaded by France, who created the Napoleonic Kingdom of Eturia, making a reference to the ancient Latin name. 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. The United Nations had to occupy the disputed area due to the fact that it could lead to a war. This expedition was less successful, costing 800 men and 4 ships disabled. The Spanish reaction was to construct a citadel on their portion of the island of Elba. Ferdinando sponsored a Tuscan colony in America, with the intention of establishing a Tuscan settlement in the area of what is now French Guiana. [63] However, the size and quality of the duchy's militia varied throughout its existence, as did its army. This left his eldest son, Francesco, to rule the duchy. The aftermath of the Franco-Austrian War brought about a series of He was elected Holy Roman Emperor in 1745. 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