Eleanor de' Medici
Eleanor de' Medici | |
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Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany | |
Mother | Joanna of Austria |
Eleanor de' Medici (28 February 1567 – 9 September 1611) was a
Early life
Eleanor, born Eleonora, was born in
It was at first believed Eleanor would marry
In 1574 when Eleanor was seven years of age, her grandfather Cosimo died so her father became Grand Duke of Tuscany. In 1578, when Eleanor was eleven her mother died, The rest of Eleanor and Marie's siblings also died during childhood.
Duchess of Mantua
Wedding and Celebrations
Medici married
On 3 May 1584, Eleanor arrived in Mantua. After arriving by boat, Eleanor disembarked at
Duchess consort of Mantua
Eleanor initially had several portraits commissioned to be made of her deceased mother Joanna as well as her deceased siblings Anna and Filippo, but was unhappy with the length of time taken to paint the portraits.
In October 1600, Eleanor attended the wedding of her sister Marie to
In 1602, Vincenzo traveled to Flanders in search of medical treatment, leaving Eleanor in control of the duchy.[24] She sent the news of her post to Ferdinando I de' Medici, in a letter also containing a list of men condemned to the galleys.[25] During the winter of 1603–1604,
Death and funeral
Eleanor fell ill in the first quarter of 1611 with a prolonged illness, but seemed to recover by April.[27] She retired for two months to the Palazzo di Porto in Porto Mantovano, "one mile from the city and beautiful for its gardens and fresh water." With the arrival of hotter weather, Eleanor moved north to the hill-top fortified villa at Cavriana. There, on the day after the Feast of the Birth of the Virgin, her health rapidly declined and died on 9 September 1611, aged forty four.[28] At the time of her death, her husband Duke Vincenzo was in Casale Monferrato; he outlived her by only one year, dying in 1612.[29]
After her death, Eleanor's body was placed in a "lead casket" (which in turn was placed inside a wooden casket sealed with pitch and draped with a black velvet cloth), and accompanied by "numerous priests from the outlying towns" to the parish church of Cavriana, where she lay in state for two days. Next her body was transported to Mantua on a "cart draped with black fabric" and pulled by six horses caparisoned in black and accompanied by twelve "priests on horseback" and twelve "foot attendants bearing burning torches" and followed by twelve carriages carrying members of the Gonzaga family and twelve carts, also covered in black. Eleanor's body was then taken to the Corte Vecchia where her body was deposited to await the return of Vincenzo. [citation needed]
When Duke Vincenzo returned to Mantua on 3 October 1611, plans were made for Eleanor's funeral to be held on the Feast of Saint Francesco (it was then delayed by a few days so that preparations in
Ancestry
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See also
- Descendants of Cosimo I de Medici
- Marie de' Medici
- House of Medici
- The Gonzaga Family in Adoration of the Holy Trinity
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