Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Ferdinand III
Elector of Salzburg (1803–1805)
Elector of Würzburg (1805–1806)
Grand Duke of Würzburg (1806–1814)
Grand Duke Ferdinand sitting in his library, 1797, after Joseph Dorffmeister
Grand Duke of Tuscany
Reign22 July 1790 – 3 August 1801
PredecessorLeopold I
SuccessorLouis I
(as King of Etruria)
Reign27 April 1814 – 18 June 1824
PredecessorElisa Bonaparte
SuccessorLeopold II
Duke of Salzburg
Reign27 April 180326 December 1805
(Grand) Duke of Würzburg
Reign26 December 1805 – 3 June 1814
Born6 May 1769
Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Died18 June 1824(1824-06-18) (aged 55)
Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Spouse
(m. 1790; died 1802)
Issue
Detail
Names
Ferdinando Giuseppe Giovanni Battista
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherLeopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
MotherMaria Luisa of Spain
ReligionRoman Catholicism
SignatureFerdinand III's signature

Ferdinand III[nb 1] (6 May 1769 – 18 June 1824) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1790 to 1801 and, after a period of disenfranchisement, again from 1814 to 1824. He was also the Prince-elector and Grand Duke of Salzburg (1803–1805) and Duke and Elector (to 1806, Grand Duke from 1806) of Würzburg (1805–1814).
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