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	Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (14 August 1642 – 31 October 1723) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1670 to 1723.
		One of the first consequences of Ferdinando II's death was the outbreak of a domestic conflict between Vittoria della Rovere and her daughter-in-law Marguerite-Louise of Orleans.
		Gone were the days when the Medici women lived quietly in the shadows, guaranteeing their husbands a serene familial backdrop, a refuge from the storm of public life.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cosimo_III_de%27_Medici,_Grand_Duke_of_Tuscany (575 words)

	Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was the son of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Maria Magadalena of Austria.
		Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (14 July 1610– 23 May 1670) ruled as Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1621 to 1670.
		Cosimo (August 14, 1642 – October 31, 1723), who married in 1661 to Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, a cousin of the King Louis XIV of France.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ferdinando_II_de'_Medici,_Grand_Duke_of_Tuscany (201 words)

	The Galileo Project Chronology Galileo Timeline
		Cosimo II de' Medici becomes Grand Duke of Tuscany, following his father's death.
		As a special favor to Grand Duke Ferdinand II de' Medici, the Pope allowes Galileo to stay at the residence of the Tuscan ambassador.
		Following negotiations, Galileo is appointed "Chief Mathematician of the University of Pisa and Philosopher and Mathematician to the Grand Duke" of Tuscany.
	galileo.rice.edu /chron/galileo.html (4075 words)

	Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (12 May 1590– 28 February 1621) ruled as Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1609 to 1621.
		Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
		He was the oldest son of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Christine of Lorraine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cosimo_II_de'_Medici,_Grand_Duke_of_Tuscany (258 words)

	Galileo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Meanwhile, in 1610, he had gone to Florence as philosopher and mathematician to Cosimo II de’ Medici, grand duke of Tuscany, and as mathematician at the Univ. of Pisa.
		The pope concluded that while 17th-century theologians based their decision on the knowledge available to them at the time, they had wronged Galileo by not recognizing the difference between a question relating to scientific investigation and one falling into the realm of doctrine of the faith.
		His investigations confirmed his acceptance of the Copernican theory of the solar system; but he did not openly declare a doctrine so opposed to accepted beliefs until 1613, when he issued a work on sunspots.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ga/Galileo.html (877 words)

	Cosimo II -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Cosimo II succeeded his father, Ferdinand I, in 1609; and, guided by his mother, Christine of Lorraine, and by Belisario Vinta, he followed his father's example and sought to establish a balance between France and Spain.
		A distant cousin of Salvestro was Averardo de' Medici (or Bicci), whose progeny became the famous Medici of history.
		His son Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici (1360–1429), considered the first of the great Medici, inherited the family business based on cloth and silk manufacturing and on banking operations and made the family powerfully prosperous.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9026465 (756 words)

	USA Today (Magazine): The Medici, Michelangelo, and the art of Floren... @ HighBeam Research
		Born in 1590, the son of Ferdinando I de Medici and Christine of Lorraine, Cosimo II's comparatively brief reign (1609-21) was a period of peace and prosperity for Tuscany, thanks largely to the political and economic policies his father and grandfather had put in place.
		The Medici grand dukes were arguably the first political leaders in Europe to establish modern systems of urban planning and use cultural commissions to celebrate their accomplishments and secure their dynasty's future.
		Bronzino and his workshop produced myriad portraits of Cosimo, Eleonora, and their children; the Grand Duke's distinguished ancestors; and members of the court.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:96268299&refid=holomed_1 (1735 words)

	Worldroots.com
		In 1609 he succeeded his father as Grand Duke of Tuscany but, on 19 October 1608 in Florence, he increased the family's reputation for lavish entertainments when marrying Archduchess Magdalena of Austria, sister of the Emperor Ferdinand II.
		On 28 February 1621 in Florence, Cosimo II died, aged only thirty, having achieved very little worthy of recording.
		"The Rise and Fall of The House of Medici", by Christopher Hibbert
	worldroots.com /brigitte/royal/bio/cosimo2medicibio1590.html (217 words)

	Galileo
		Galileo was appointed "Mathematician and Philosopher" to Cosimo II de Medici, the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
		Galileo submitted: for sixteen years he remained silent, although in 1615 he wrote to the Grand Duchess Christina of Tuscany stating why he thought his views were correct and did not contradict the Church's teachings.
		The publication caused a sensation because it included claims of mountains on the Moon, of the Milky Way being composed of tiny stars, and four bodies orbiting the planet Jupiter.
	idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /scirev/SciRev_galileo.html (970 words)

	I67889: de' MEDICI , Cosimo III of Tuscany (Grand Duke of Tuscany) (____ - 1723)
		I67889: de' MEDICI, Cosimo III of Tuscany (Grand Duke of Tuscany) (____ - 1723)
		de' MEDICI, Cosimo III of Tuscany (Grand Duke of Tuscany)
		_de' MEDICI, Ferdinand I of Tuscany_ _de' MEDICI, Cosimo II of Tuscany_
	www.gbnf.com /genealog4/manning/html/d0455/I67889.HTM (63 words)

	Florence Art Guide - Ferdinando II dé Medici
		Ferdinando did not have the character of his great-grandfather, Cosimo I, and he knew it only too well.
		The son of Cosimo II and Maria Maddelena of Austria, his father died when he was only ten years old and he spent the next seven years under the guardianship of his mother and his grandmother, Cristina of Lorraine.
		In that period Tuscany was extremly poverty-stricken and full of religious zealots; the Grand Duchess Regents further dissipated the slender resources of the country in aid of the armies of France and Spain (the Thirty Years¹ War was about to break out), and in pensions to "converts".
	www.mega.it /eng/egui/pers/fersec.htm (377 words)

	Fit for a Grand Duke: A maiolica wine cooler for Cosimo I de’Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
		He may well have been motivated by the fact that it was made for Cosimo I de’ Medici (1519-21 April 1574; Figure 2) in the year of his death.
		The small plate is one of a pair in the Wallace Collection attributed to the Patanazzi workshop and part of a service made for Alfonso II d’Este, Duke of Ferrara, and his wife, Margherita Gonzaga, c.1585.
		Cosimo’s use of the motto also flattered, by analogy, a contemporary Emperor, Charles V, from whose protection Cosimo had benefited in his youth.
	www.wallacecollection.org /e_n/e/p_e/miol/miol_index.htm (1229 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Cosimo I de Medici
		Cosimo I de' Medici (June 12, 1519, Florence [1] – April 21, 1574, Castello) was the first Grand Duke of Tuscany, ruling from 1537 to 1574, during the waning days of the Renaissance.
		In the last 10 years of his reign, he gave up the active rule to his son and successor Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
		"Cosimo I de' Medici in Armour" by Agnolo Bronzino
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Cosimo_I_de_Medici (1076 words)

	Worldroots.com
		Ferdinand II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany 1621-1670,
		Anna de' Medici, daughter of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand
		II Gonzaga, Duke of Rethel and Maria Gonzaga
	worldroots.com /brigitte/famous/c/claudiamedicikids.htm (166 words)

	CalendarHome.com - 1590 - Calendar Encyclopedia
		Henry is forced to raise the siege when the Duke of Parma comes to its relief with a Spanish army.
		March 14 - Battle of Ivry - Henry IV of France again defeats the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne.
		Catharine de Ricci, Catholic prioress and saint (born 1522)
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /1590.htm (484 words)

	Essays Page
		These discoveries were rushed into print in a pamphlet named The Starry Messenger (1610) that Galileo dedicated to Cosimo II de Medici, the grand duke of Tuscany.
		William Harvey's work on the circulation of the blood provided another blow to the credibility of classical authority in medicine, which did not conceive of blood moving into bodily tissues and being collected, enriched, and returned to them.
		His assiduous cultivation of the Medici paid off eventually with an appointment as chief mathematician and philosopher at the Medici court in Florence.
	www.fofweb.com /Subscription/Science/Helicon.asp?SID=2&iPin=ethics0386 (10686 words)

	I19016: Cosimo II DE MEDICI (Grand Duke of Tuscany) (1590 - ____)
		Cosimo II DE MEDICI (Grand Duke of Tuscany)
		_Giovanni DE MEDICI _____________________+ _Cosimo I of Tuscany DI MEDICI _
		_Maria SALVIATI _________________________+ _Ferdinand I DE MEDICI _
	gbnf.com /genealog3/hudson/html/d0147/I19016.HTM (74 words)

	Yerkes Observatory Virtual Museum-People-Yerkes
		Impoverished scholars have often sought the patronage of wealthy aristocrats; no less a figure than Galileo required the financial support of Cosimo II de' Medici, the grand duke of Tuscany.
		Yerkes nonetheless conceived of himself as a latter-day Medici and tried to live like one.
		He furnished his $1.5-million mansion on New York City's Fifth Avenue with a marble staircase, a conservatory complete with flitting birds, and a gallery full of European art treasures, and later built a second mansion a few blocks away for his favorite mistress.
	astro.uchicago.edu /yerkes/virtualmuseum/Yerkesnewarticle.html (2068 words)

	I45767: Cosimo II (Grand Duke of Tuscany) DE MEDICI (1590 - 28 Feb 1620)
		_John des Bandes Noires DE MEDICI __+ _Cosimo I (Grand Duke of Tuscany) DE MEDICI _
		I45767: Cosimo II (Grand Duke of Tuscany) DE MEDICI (1590- 28 Feb 1620)
		Cosimo II (Grand Duke of Tuscany) DE MEDICI
	gbnf.com /genealog3/maclaren/html/d0466/I45767.HTM (110 words)

	ART / 4 / 2DAY
		— Cardinal Richelieu (1637, 260x178cm) _ Born in Brussels, Philippe de Champaigne settled in Paris in 1621 and became one of the city's leading artists, painting portraits and religious compositions for the Queen Mother, Marie de' Medici, the court of Louis XIII, the city administration, fashionable congregations and private individuals.
		He collaborated with Nicolas Poussin in decorating the Luxembourg Palace, then worked for the queen mother, Marie de Medicis, for Louis XIII, and after 1635 primarily for the king's chief minister, Cardinal Armand Richelieu, for whom he decorated the Palais Royal, the dome of the Sorbonne, and other buildings.
		During his life he achieved great fame, and he attracted a large number of followers who used his polished style for arcadian landscapes populated with the same satyrs and nude nymphs he favoured, although in their works the nymphs are usually more hefty.
	www.safran-arts.com /42day/art/art4aug/art0812.html (5568 words)

	Human Family Project July 2001
		Cosimo I De Medici, Grand Duke Of Tuscany & Leonora Alvarez De Toledo -54567
		Francesco I De Medici, Grand Duke Of Tuscany & Joanna Habsburg or Hapsburg, Archduchess Of Austria -55734
		Pierro II L'infortuné De Medici, Ruler Of Florence & Alfonsina Orsini -54576
	users.legacyfamilytree.com /NorthernEurope/f254.htm (7789 words)

	ART / 4 / 2DAY
		Most of the early part of de Stella's career was spent in Italy, both in Florence and Rome, and he must have been strongly influenced by the small Madonnas of Raphael.
		The Grand Tour, popular among wealthy Englishmen during the eighteenth century, was an extended sojourn to admire classical ruins and picturesque landscapes that completed a gentleman's education.
		De même, les chiens adoptent des attitudes très individualisées, et le peintre semble avoir traduit le caractère propre de chaque animal.
	www.safran-arts.com /42day/art/art4apr/art0430.html (8197 words)

	CERC: The dispute between Galileo and the Catholic Church
		Four months after the booklet's publication, Cosimo appointed Galileo as the chief mathematician and philosopher to the Grand Duke of Tuscany at the handsome salary of 1,000 florins a year.
		Giorgio de Santillana, The Crime of Galileo (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1955), p.
		De Brahe proposed a model in which the planets revolved around the sun and, together with the sun, revolved around a stationary earth.
	catholiceducation.org /articles/science/sc0043.html (6559 words)

	The ged2html ancestory of the FERDINAND I de Medici, Grand Duke di Tuscany &(Unknown)family
		The ged2html ancestory of the FERDINAND I de Medici, Grand Duke di Tuscany &(Unknown)family
		Husband: FERDINAND I de Medici, Grand Duke di Tuscany
		/-- GIOVANNI / \-- /-- COSIMO I / \ /-- / \-- / \-- -- FERDINAND I \ /-- \ /-- \ / \-- \-- \ /-- \-- \--
	www.illian.org /places/FamilySheets/d0082/F87889.html (67 words)

	Florence Art Guide - Cosimo I dé Medici
		The son of Giovanni dalle Bande Nere and Maria Salviati, who was also grand-daughter of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Cosimo was to finally reunite the blood of both branches of the family.
		Having ensured his throne, Cosimo re-established law and order within the State, promoting justice and protecting the weaker members of the community.
		He encouraged the growth of trade and industry, started to reclaim the swampy land of the Maremma, founded the Order of the Knights of St. Stephen to ward off the threat of the Barbary pirates and organized a Tuscan militia so as not to have to call in mercenary troops.
	www.mega.it /eng/egui/pers/cospri.htm (189 words)

	FORUM HEADER
		First of all, in the intro to "The Starry Messenger" Galileo writes a letter "To The Most Serene Cosimo II De' Medici Forth Grand Duke of Tuscany" I wasn't quite sure what I should make of this.
		He basically tells Medici that he has discovered 4 planets and a whole lot of stars, and that he wants to name them all after Medici.
		I will attempt to help you all here with what I understand about the stars and the universe, and what I have been able to learn about it from my recent research.
	www.d.umn.edu /~tbacig/ren/forumw99/messages/256.html (1558 words)

	George Glazer Gallery - Portrait of Cosimo III De Medici
		Fine portrait of Cosimo, the grand duke of Tuscany (1670–1723), son and successor to Ferdinand II de Medici.
		George Glazer Gallery - Portrait of Cosimo III De Medici
		Cosmus Tertius D. Magnus Dux Etruria [Cosimo III De Medici]
	www.georgeglazer.com /prints/portraits/cosimomedici.html (262 words)

	GRAND DUKE FERDINAND - MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED 11/04/1651
		FERDINAND II, son of Cosimo II de Medici, was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1621 (he was 10 when his father died) to his death in 1670.
		GALILEO, philosopher and mathematician extraordinary to the Grand Duke of Tuscany since 1610, was Ferdinand's teacher.
		When Galileo was tried by the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church, forced to reject his belief in the Copernican theory and placed under house arrest in 1633, the deeply religious Ferdinand was condemned because he did nothing to defend him.
	www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/12_2003/scientists/GRAND_DUKE_FERDINAND.htm (278 words)

	War Art Template
		Famous etcher who worked for some of the most illustrious men of the early 17th century - Cosimo II de'Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, the dukes of Lorraine, Louis XIII King of France, and Spanish Infanta, Isabella.
		Shows recruitment of troops, battle, scenes of plunder and other crimes, then variety of punishments, hospital and dying soldiers, revenge by peasants, final scene distribution of legal rewards by prince.
		The 17thC Lorraine (now part of France but then an independent Duchy) "French" engraver Callot lived through the 30 Years War and depicted aspects of the war in a series of etchings known as "The Miseries of War" (1632).
	homepage.mac.com /dmhart/WarArt/StudyGuides/Callot.html (2389 words)

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