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Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

1671 - 1737

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Gian Gastone de' Medici (born Giovanni Battista Gastone; 25 May 1671 – 9 July 1737) was the seventh and last Medicean grand duke of Tuscany. He was the second son of Grand Duke Cosimo III and Marguerite Louise d'Orléans. His sister, Electress Palatine Anna Maria Luisa, arranged his marriage to the wealthy and widowed Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg in 1697. The couple despised each other and had no children. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany is the 1,669th most popular politician (up from 2,445th in 2019), the 629th most popular biography from Italy (up from 844th in 2019) and the 107th most popular Italian Politician.

Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany is most famous for being the last male heir of the Medici family. He was the son of Grand Duke Cosimo III and Marguerite Louise d'Orléans. He was born on June 16, 1671. He succeeded his father as Grand Duke in 1723. He died on July 8, 1737.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ranks 1,669 out of 19,576. Before him are Ferdinand III of Castile, Alexander I of Serbia, Mentor, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Constantine VIII, and Yu the Great. After him are Karl Haushofer, Mátyás Rákosi, Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, Ibrahim Lodi, Philip of Swabia, and Jiajing Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1671, Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ranks 3. Before him are Tomaso Albinoni, and John Law. After him are Frederick IV of Denmark, Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I, Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Johann Christoph Bach, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Rob Roy MacGregor. Among people deceased in 1737, Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ranks 3. Before him are Antonio Stradivari, and Caroline of Ansbach. After him are Emperor Nakamikado, Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse, Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, François Lemoyne, Rinaldo d'Este, James Louis Sobieski, Ferdinand Kettler, Vakhtang VI of Kartli, and Guido Starhemberg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ranks 629 out of 5,161. Before him are Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (1771), Aloysius Gonzaga (1568), Caterina Sforza (1463), Baldassare Castiglione (1478), Statius (40), and Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290). After him are Pope Eusebius (250), Philip of Swabia (1177), Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583), Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (1685), Alessandro Manzoni (1785), and Pope Vigilius (500).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ranks 107. Before him are Lucilla (150), Servilia (-104), Nero Julius Caesar (6), Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (1545), Dionysius I of Syracuse (-430), and Publius Clodius Pulcher (-90). After him are Philip of Swabia (1177), Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (1810), Pupienus (170), Pescennius Niger (135), Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France (1248), and Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours (1479).

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