Cosimo II de' Medici

Cosimo II
Cosimo II after Justus Sustermans
Grand Duke of Tuscany
Reign17 February 1609 – 28 February 1621
PredecessorFerdinando I
SuccessorFerdinando II
Born12 May 1590
Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Died28 February 1621 (aged 30)
Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
SpouseMaria Maddalena of Austria
Issue
Detail
Maria Cristina
Ferdinando II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Cardinal Gian Carlo
Margherita, Duchess of Parma
Mattias, Governor of Siena
Francesco
Anna, Archduchess of Austria
Cardinal Leopoldo
Names
Cosimo de' Medici
HouseHouse of Medici
FatherFerdinando I
MotherChristina of Lorraine
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Cosimo II de' Medici (12 May 1590 – 28 February 1621) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1609 until his death. He was the elder son of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Christina of Lorraine.

For the majority of his twelve-year reign, he delegated the administration of Tuscany to his ministers. He is best remembered as the patron of Galileo Galilei, his childhood tutor.[1]

  1. ^ Hale, p 187