Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria
Anna de' Medici | |
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Archduchess consort of Further Austria | |
Tenure | 10 June 1646 - 30 December 1662 |
Born | Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany | 21 July 1616
Died | 11 September 1676 Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire | (aged 60)
Spouse |
Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Further Austria (m. 1646; died 1662) |
Maria Maddalena of Austria |
Anna de' Medici (21 July 1616 – 11 September 1676) was a daughter of
Biography
Early life
Princess Anna was born on 21 July 1616 at the
Her father died on 28 February 1621, causing her mother and grandmother Grand Duchess Christina to serve as regents until the majority of Anna's brother was reached. It was said that Anna and her sister Margherita inherited from Maria Maddalena her good qualities and marked abilities.[1]
Marriage
Following failed plans for Anna to marry
Widowhood
In 1662, Ferdinand Charles died. As they had only two surviving daughters, his younger brother
Anna not only survived her husband by fourteen years but also outlived both her children. Maria Magdalena died in 1669, and Empress Claudia Felicitas died soon after her marriage. On 11 September 1676 in Vienna, Anna died aged sixty.
Patron of the arts
Like many Medicis, Anna was a great lover and patron of the arts. For instance, a collection of monodies by Pietro Antonio Giramo, entitled Hospedale degli Infermi d'amore, was dedicated to Anna in Naples in the mid-seventeenth century (the specific date is unknown); it humorously presented the various forms of insanity caused by love.[6] In the collection, Giramo's dedication to Anna seemingly referred to a flirtatious young lady when he mentions "the powerful glances of Anna's eyes which can cure all these infirmities of imaginative madnesses and vain desires of human hearts".[7]
Giramo's dedication was not the end of works being devoted to Anna. In 1655, famed composer and singer
"I will tell your most Serene Highness some curiosities that are not too serious. Barbara Strozzi dedicated to the Archduchess of Innsbruck some of her music; her Highness sent to her the other day a small gold box adorned with rubies and with her portrait, and a necklace, also of gold with rubies, which the said Signora prizes and shows off, placing it between her two darling, beautiful breasts."[8]
Issue
- Archduchess Claudia Felicitas of Austria (30 May 1653 – 8 April 1676) married Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and had issue.
- Unnamed archduchess (19 July 1654) died at birth.
- Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria (17 August 1656 – 21 January 1669) died young.
Ancestors
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References
Sources
- Arias, Enrique Alberto (2001). Essays in Honor of John F. Ohl: a Compendium of American Musicology. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. ISBN 0-8101-1536-0.
- Briscoe, James R. (2004). New Historical Anthology of Music by Women. Indiana University Press.
- Glixon, Beth L. (1997). "New Light on the Life and Career of Barbara Strozzi". The Musical Quarterly. 81 (2): 311–335. .
- Marrow, Deborah (1982). The art patronage of Maria de' Medici. UMI Research Press.
- Young, G. F. (1930). The Medici. New York: Charles Boni.
External links
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