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Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

1642 - 1723

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Cosimo III de' Medici (14 August 1642 – 31 October 1723) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1670 until his death in 1723, the sixth and penultimate from the House of Medici. He reigned from 1670 to 1723, and was the elder son of Grand Duke Ferdinando II. Cosimo's 53-year-long reign, the longest in Tuscan history, was marked by a series of laws that regulated prostitution and May celebrations. His reign also witnessed Tuscany's deterioration to previously unknown economic lows. In 1723, when Cosimo died, he was succeeded by the younger of his two surviving children, Gian Gastone.He married Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, a cousin of Louis XIV. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany has received more than 453,768 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany is the 2,513th most popular politician (up from 2,968th in 2019), the 871st most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,009th in 2019) and the 184th most popular Italian Politician.

Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, is most famous for his role in the War of the Spanish Succession. He was also the last Medici ruler of Tuscany.

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Among politicians, Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ranks 2,513 out of 15,577Before him are Vytautas Landsbergis, James Francis Edward Stuart, Antiochus VII Sidetes, José Manuel Barroso, Julius Schreck, and Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange. After him are Empress Suiko, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Guntram, Seleucus IV Philopator, Yazdegerd I, and Artur Axmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1642, Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ranks 5Before him are Mehmed IV, Suleiman II, Gülnuş Sultan, and Andrea Pozzo. After him are Johann Christoph Bach, Shitao, André Charles Boulle, Louis I, Prince of Monaco, Ihara Saikaku, Seki Takakazu, and Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins. Among people deceased in 1723, Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ranks 5Before him are Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Christopher Wren, and Dimitrie Cantemir. After him are Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Godfrey Kneller, Praskovia Saltykova, Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont, Zanabazar, Antonio Maria Valsalva, and Anne Henriette of Bavaria.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ranks 871 out of 4,668Before him are Berengar II of Italy (900), Angelo Sodano (1927), Emilio Segrè (1905), Concino Concini (1575), Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (-519), and Lina Wertmüller (1928). After him are Luciano Berio (1925), Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1476), Marie Joséphine of Savoy (1753), Tommaso Buscetta (1928), Bartolomeo Eustachi (1500), and Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ranks 184Before him are Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases (1569), Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (-84), Beatrice of Naples (1457), Berengar II of Italy (900), Concino Concini (1575), and Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (-519). After him are Bartolomeo Eustachi (1500), Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920), Tiberius Claudius Nero (-85), Prince Napoléon Bonaparte (1822), Ladislaus of Naples (1377), and Fulvia (-77).