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Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

1610 - 1670

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Ferdinando II de' Medici (14 July 1610 – 23 May 1670) was grand duke of Tuscany from 1621 to 1670. He was the eldest son of Cosimo II de' Medici and Maria Maddalena of Austria. He was remembered by his contemporaries as a man of culture and science, actively participating in the Accademia del Cimento, the first scientific society in Italy, formed by his younger brother, Leopoldo de' Medici. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany has received more than 276,122 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany is the 1,939th most popular politician (up from 2,688th in 2019), the 707th most popular biography from Italy (up from 920th in 2019) and the 132nd most popular Italian Politician.

Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany is most famous for his patronage of the arts. He was a patron of Niccolo Machiavelli, Galileo Galilei, Michelangelo Buonarroti, and Jacopo da Pontormo.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ranks 1,939 out of 15,577. Before him are Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, Elizabeth of Portugal, Ambiorix, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Frederick the Fair, and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. After him are Viriathus, Rastislav of Moravia, Francis II of the Two Sicilies, Moshe Sharett, Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1610, Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ranks 2. Before him is Pope Alexander VIII. After him are Adriaen van Ostade, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Jacob Kettler, David Teniers the Younger, Ivan Sirko, Paul Scarron, Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena, Jan Asselijn, Li Yu, and Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange. Among people deceased in 1670, Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ranks 4. Before him are John Amos Comenius, Henrietta of England, and Frederick III of Denmark. After him are Johann Rudolf Glauber, Louis Le Vau, Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine, Salomon van Ruysdael, Bartholomeus van der Helst, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, Giovanna Garzoni, and Niccolò Zucchi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ranks 707 out of 4,668. Before him are Andrea del Castagno (1420), Riccardo Muti (1941), Giorgio Morandi (1890), Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (1937), Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (-300), and Paolo Rossi (1956). After him are Piero di Cosimo (1462), Francis II of the Two Sicilies (1836), Dino Buzzati (1906), Joachim of Fiore (1135), Athalaric (516), and Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France (1248).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ranks 132. Before him are William II of Sicily (1153), Andrew III of Hungary (1265), Quintus Sertorius (-126), Milo of Croton (-557), Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (1937), and Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (-300). After him are Francis II of the Two Sicilies (1836), Athalaric (516), Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France (1248), Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (1759), Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat (1150), and Constans (320).

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