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Francesco I de' Medici

Type Figure Region Florence Time 1541–1587 Also known as Grand Duke Francesco I、Medici Francesco I

A Medici ruler who co-ruled with his father Cosimo I from 1564, succeeding as Grand Duke of Tuscany in 1574 until 1587.…

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  1. 1564–1574Florence · TuscanyIn 1564 he was designated co-ruler by his father Cosimo I, taking part in governance and establishing a private laboratory, gradually accumulating political and scholarly influence in the Florentine court during the 1560s.
  2. 1574–1587Florence · TuscanyAfter his father's death in 1574 he took sole power, continuing to patronize arts and sciences, expanding the Boboli Gardens and court collections, and dying suddenly in 1587, the cause of his death much disputed by later generations.

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