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Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria
1616Jul, 21

Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria

Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria (d. 1676)
Anna de' Medici (21 July 1616 – 11 September 1676) was a daughter of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his wife Maria Maddalena of Austria. A patron of the arts, she married Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Further Austria in 1646. They were the parents of Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Holy Roman Empress.

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