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Philip de' Medici

Died
  
29 March 1582, Florence, Italy

Parents
  
Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany

Grandparents
  
Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Uncles
  
Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor

Cousins
  
Cosimo II de' Medici - Grand Du, Carlo de' Medici, Claudia de' Medici, Catherine de' Medici - Governor, Maria Maddalena de' Medici

Similar
  
Francesco I de' Medici - Grand Du, Anna de' Medici, Ferdinando I de' Medici - G, Antonio de' Medici, Carlo de' Medici

Philip de' Medici (May 20, 1577 – March 29, 1582) was the youngest child of Francesco I de' Medici and Joanna of Austria. He was the heir to the Tuscan throne.

Life

Philip received his name in honour of the King Philip II of Spain. The birth was celebrated with great joy by all the court, because thus was secured the succession of the Grand Duchy for another generation and eliminated all the hopes of Bianca Capello (his father's mistress) to have her "son" Antonio as heir of Tuscany. Philip became Grand Prince of Tuscany.

When he was not quite eleven months old, his mother died in an accident falling down the stairs of the ducal apartments while heavily pregnant. His father then married Bianca Capello. Philip was one of seven children, but only two of the children survived till adulthood, Eleonora de' Medici and Marie de' Medici (who became queen consort of France). He had another sister Anna who died aged fourteen. Philip died on 29 March 1582; he was four years old, and suffered from hydrocephalus: when his skull was opened, the equivalent of about a glass of water came out. Recent study of his remains have confirmed the diagnosis.

References

Philip de' Medici Wikipedia


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