During the Holy League of 1571, Cosimo fought against the Ottoman Empire, siding with the Holy Roman Empire. [3] Tuscany's economic and military strength cratered from the second half of the 17th century onward, which was reflected in the quality of its army; by 1740 it only consisted of a few thousand poorly-trained men and was considered impotent to such a degree that its Habsburgs rulers allowed enemy troops to cross the duchy unopposed. In the 19th century the population of the Grand Duchy was about 1,815,000 inhabitants. Leopold himself died in 1792. After Napoleon's downfall in 1814, Tuscany was restored to its Habsburg Grand Dukes. [62] The militia had its origins in 1498, in the predecessor state of the Florentine Republic. Official Roblox Grand Duchy Of Tuscany 3 subscribers Home Videos Playlists Channels About Uploads 0:09 Welcome To Our Channel! [22] The Grand Duke alone had the prerogative to exploit the state's mineral and salt resources. By the Treaty of Fontainebleau (27 October 1807), Etruria was to be annexed by France. The duchy's largest military deployment came during this war, when in June 1643 over 10,000 troops (7,000 Tuscans in eight regiments of infantry recruited from militia, garrison troops, and veteran mercenaries; 1 regiment of German infantry; 2,400 cavalry, a quarter of whom were Germans; and 1 regiment of Tuscan dragoons) with 18 cannons invaded the Papal States holding of Umbria, while other troops and militia were left garrisoning the grand duchy's major citadels, coastal forts, and border forts. The grand duchy had two sources of naval power: the state navy and the Order of Saint Stephen. Cosimo I de' Medici (12 June 1519 - 21 April 1574) was the second Duke of Florence from 1537 until 1569, when he became the first Grand Duke of Tuscany, a title he held until his death.. Life Rise to power. Yves-Marie Berce figures that most of those troops were of French or Swiss origin, but Hanlon disputes this, saying that Italians comprised a larger portion, and that the specific origins of the troops have very little information to go on. Since their accession to the throne of Grand Dukes, the Habsburgs continually tried to make Tuscany a source of military power, to little success, as Tuscany had declined and demilitarized in the 18th century. The court moved to Salzburg and lived there in exile until 1918. Pope Clement VII willed his relative Alessandro de' Medici to be the monarchical ruler of Florence, and went about requisitioning that dignity carefully; he wanted to give the impression that the Florentines democratically chose Alessandro to be their monarch. Despite all of these incentives to economic growth and prosperity, the population of Florence, at dawn of the 17th century, was a mere 75,000 souls, far smaller than the other capitals of Italy: Rome, Milan, Venice, Palermo and Naples. The Golden Florin was made, the first gold-based coin made on great quantities since the Byzantine 7th century coins, enough to play a significant roll on commerce on the trade routes based on Florence. He capitulated to foreign demands, and instead of endorsing the claim to the throne of his closest male relative, the prince of Ottajano, he allowed Tuscany to be bestowed upon Francis Stephen of Lorraine. Tuscany is the Etruria of the ancients. On 30 May 1808, Etruria was formally annexed to France. [37] The once powerful navy was reduced to a pitiful state. This constitution was still in effect through the Medicean grand duchy, albeit the institutions decayed and powerless by the rule of Ferdinando II. He shifted Tuscany away from Habsburg hegemony by marrying the first non-Habsburg candidate since Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, Christina of Lorraine, a granddaughter of Catherine de' Medici. The once powerful navy was reduced to a pitiful state. Cosimo II's twelve-year reign was punctuated by his contented marriage with Maria Maddalena and his patronage of astronomer Galileo Galilei. Great Britain. "The Twilight Of A Military Tradition: Italian Aristocrats And European Conflicts, 1560-1800." attempts was in 1784 when U.S. An "Extraordinary Giunta" was placed in charge under General Jacques Franois Menou. In 1535, a delegation was sent to Charles V to ask him to depose Alessandro De'Medici, sent by the several illustrious families such as the Pazzi, which had tried to kill Lorenzo the Magnificient on the Pazzi Conspiracy. In 1790, Emperor Joseph II died without issue and Leopold was called to Vienna, to assume the rule of his family's Austrian dominions and become Emperor. Ferdinand I expanded the Tuscan fleet after expanding the arsenal at Livorno, and oversaw many raids by both the navy and Order, including on Chios in 1599 (a failure), Prevesa in 1605 (5 galleys with 400 Tuscan militia; a success), various Turkish ports in 1606 (6 galleys, some roundships, and 750 Tuscan soldiers; a success), and Bone in 1607 (8 galleys, 9 bertoni, and 1 galleon, with 2,300 soldiers; a success). The Florentines were victorious because of the Venecian interference in the pro-Florentine side. [64], In response to the Trkenkriege during the Long Turkish War starting in 1593, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany sent 100,000 scudi and 3,600 soldiers (3,000 infantry and 600 cavalry) to support the Holy Roman Emperor in Hungary, plus smaller detachments thereafter (there were 2,000 Tuscans in the Imperial army in Hungary by 1601). Despite his attempts at acquiescence, street fighting in opposition to the regime sprang up in August, in Livorno. Tuscany was divided into the dpartements of Arno, Mditerrane and Ombrone. Siena was ruled by a governor appointed by the grand duke. [23] Ferdinando's pro-Papal foreign policy, however, had drawbacks. Cosimo also was a long-term supporter of Pope Pius V, who in the light of Florence's expansion in August 1569 declared Cosimo Grand Duke of Tuscany, a title unprecedented in Italy. residence at Boston) was signed by President James Every grand duke after Leopold resided in Florence; they were considered to be pro-Habsburg. Garibaldis march to liberate the Kingdom of They were divided because the stato nuovo was a Spanish fief and the stato vecchio an Imperial one. Ferdinand III resumed his rule, and died in 1824. In addition to its regular army, the duchy maintained a citizen-militia. At the end of it, a great revolt of cotton workers, called the Ciompi Revolt, happened. They drew up the Treaty of Vienna, which gave the grand ducal throne to Don Carlos, Duke of Parma. He was elected Holy Roman Emperor in 1745. In 1731, the Powers gathered at Vienna to decide who would succeed Gian Gastone. Ferdinand aligned Tuscany with Austria.[54]. For the decades thereafter, the grand dukes only maintained a peacetime force of 2,500 soldiers, 500 cavalry to patrol the coasts and 2,000 infantry to man castles (Cosimo I having significantly expanded Tuscany's fortification network in an effort to defend the country). The Government of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany refused to recognize Tuscany is richer than most of the nations on Italy, having more than five times the GDP of the United Papal States, about three times that of the Emirate of Sicily and about two times of that of Apulia, while only Lombardy and Piedmont have a larger GDP. [7], In 1569, Cosimo de' Medici had ruled the Duchy of Florence for 32 years. Tuscany then ceded its Lunigiana territories to Modena with the exception of Pontremoli which passed to the Duchy of Parma. Please add suggestions on the talk page. Tuscany, Benjamin Gregory Hanlon. All three contingents suffered high casualties, a third for the first two and over half for the third. agreement ground to a halt, for reasons unknown. While not as internationally renowned as the old republic, the grand duchy thrived under the Medici and it bore witness to unprecedented economic and military success under Cosimo I and his sons, until the reign of Ferdinando II, which saw the beginning of the state's long economic decline. In March 1809 a "General Government of the Departments of Tuscany" was set up, and Napoleon Bonaparte put his sister Elisa Bonaparte at its head, with the title of Grand Duchess of Tuscany. to serve Florence was Vice Consular Agent James It formally created a hereditary monarchy, abolished the age-old signoria (elective government) and the office of gonfaloniere (titular ruler of Florence elected for a two-month term); in their place was the consigliere, a four-man council elected for a three-month term, headed by the "Duke of the Florentine Republic" (and later the Grand Duke of Tuscany). Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}43N 11E / 43N 11E / 43; 11, The Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Italian: Granducato di Toscana; Latin: Magnus Ducatus Etruriae) was an Italian monarchy that existed, with interruptions, from 1569 to 1859, replacing the Republic of Florence. But on one moment, Clement VII (Another Medici) made a treaty with Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Page 102. Scientific progress was greatly improved too, which some Tuscan scientists as Galileo Galilei. The grand duke also enticed English corsairs in North Africa to use Livorno as a base instead in exchange for amnesty and a share of their profits; Livorno quickly became a corsair capital, with the corsairs preying on both Muslim and Christian shipping. He revamped the taxation and tariff system. 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An anonymous Venetian intelligence report from the late 16th century stated that Tuscany could spend 800,000 ducats annually on war (half as much as the Spanish-held Kingdom of Naples despite having a quarter of its population), and could raise 40,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry, counting soldiers, militia, and mercenaries from nearby Corsica and Romagna, a force massively out of proportion to its population. Leopold II lent his support to the Kingdom of Sardinia in the Austro-Sardinian War. Despite his attempts at acquiescence, street fighting in opposition to the regime sprang up in August, in Livorno. Don Carlos became King of Naples shortly after his arrival in Florence in 1735, by the Treaty of Turin. On 12 August 1530, the Emperor created the Medici hereditary rulers (capo) of the Republic of Florence. for fear of upsetting the British, Izard never proceeded to Tuscany. The preponderance of small vessels among the prizes indicates that most of the trophies were easy victories. [49], Francis' second surviving son Peter Leopold became grand duke of Tuscany and ruled the country until his brother Joseph's death. He was briefly deposed by a provisional government in 1849, but restored to power the same year by Austrian troops. The Duke of Lucca decided to abdicate his throne in favor of the Grand Duke of Tuscany Leopoldo II, while the Lucca territories of Montignoso, Gallicano, Minucciano and Castiglione di Garfagnana were given to Modena. Ferdinando was obsessed with new technology, and had several hygrometers, barometers, thermometers, and telescopes installed in the Pitti. On one moment, a revolution started on Florence itself. The same year, a Tuscan state council was brought into being. Chiarugi and his collaborators introduced new humanitarian regulations in the running of the hospital and caring for the mentally ill patients, including banning the use of chains and physical punishment, and in so doing have been recognized as early pioneers of what later came to be known as the moral treatment movement. He sent munitions to the Emperor during the Battle of Vienna. (Livorno). The Second Austro-Sardinian war broke out in the summer of 1859. Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor and his cousin King Philip II of Spain reacted quite angrily, as Florence was in theory an Imperial fief and declared Pius V's actions invalid. The Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Italian: Granducato di Toscana; Latin: Magnus Ducatus Etruriae) was an Italian monarchy that existed, with interruptions, from 1569 to 1859, replacing the Republic of Florence. Gian Gastone had no say in events and had become quite attached to the Spanish Infante. Learning in advance of the [50] His second son Ferdinand became ruler of the Grand Duchy. Cosimo married Marguerite Louise d'Orlans, a granddaughter of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici. In the 19th century the population of the Grand Duchy was about 1,815,000 inhabitants. Tuscany during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; House of Commons, John Bowring, 1839, p 6, Austria and Spain were ruled by the House of Habsburg; the two are interchangeable terms for the time period in question, Joachim Whaley, "Germany and the Holy Roman Empire: Volume II: The Peace of Westphalia to the Dissolution of the Reich, 1648-1806", from the Oxford History of Early Modern Europe, p. 137. He and his grandson, Lorenzo de'Medici, were great patrons of the arts. This made the Papal States and Florence to be in a personal union, and he placed his brother Giuliano de'Medici, as the ruler of Tuscany. Their union wrought a high level of discontentment, but despite the tension they had three children, Ferdinando, Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Electress Palatine and the last Medicean grand duke of Tuscany, Gian Gastone de' Medici. The Grand Duchy of Tuscany recognized the United States when it received the The Duchy of Parma and Piacenza joined with the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the Duchy of Modena to form the United Provinces of Central Italy in December 1859, and merged with the Kingdom of Sardinia into the Kingdom of Italy in March 1860 after holding a referendum. The negotiations had been between Spain and France, and the Etrurian regent was kept entirely in the dark, only being informed that she would have to leave her young son's kingdom on 23 November 1807. History of the Art of War." Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. Florence became a fiefdom of Spain on 1557, but it conserved its independence. Like the Empire's other loyal Italian subjects, the Tuscans were "hawks" who supported prosecuting the war to its conclusion. The Treaty of the Hague reconfirmed the statuses of Tuscany and Parma-Piacenza as imperial fiefs.[42]. Date/Time Cosimo was born in Florence, on June 12, 1519, the son of the famous condottiere Giovanni dalle Bande Nere from Forl and Maria Salviati. This led to a regency of Ferdinand's grandmother, Dowager Grand Duchess Christina, and his mother, Maria Maddalena of Austria. United States Department of State. This can be observed in the register of prizes of the Order of Saint Stephen. Cosimo also banned the clergy from holding administrative positions and promulgated laws of freedom of religion, which were unknown during his time. Tuscany was neutral during the War of the Spanish Succession, partly due to Tuscany's ramshackle military; a 1718 military review revealed that the army numbered less than 3,000 men, many of whom were infirm and elderly. It lists some 238 vessels captured from 1563 to 1688; enemy galleys captured from 1568 to 1599 were 11 (for the loss of an identical number), and another 17 were seized between 1602 and 1635. During the reign of the Medici, which transformed the Republic of Florence into the Duchy of Florence and then the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, the Renainssance started. Leopold was succeeded by Ferdinand III. His descendants ruled, and resided in, the grand duchy until its end in 1859, barring one interruption, when Napoleon Bonaparte gave Tuscany to the House of Bourbon-Parma (Kingdom of Etruria, 18017). On 1115, the Republic of Florence was founded by Florentine rebels which wanted independence from the Margraviate of Tuscany, which disintegrated after this was achieved. They were responsible of importing much of the Greek culture into Rome. Tuscany was neutral during the War of the Spanish Succession, partly due to Tuscany's ramshackle military; a 1718 military review revealed that the army numbered less than 3,000 men, many of whom were infirm and elderly. Soderini supplanted him, and his secretary Niccol Machiavelli, previous author of other books under Lorenzo the Magnificent's reign, was able to conquer Pisa. His wife, Eleanor of Toledo, died in 1562, along with four of his children due to a plague epidemic in Florence. However, the constitution was so radically new that it garnered opposition even from those who might have benefited from it. Queen Catherine of France, though herself a Medici, viewed Cosimo with the utmost disdain. Department, Buildings of the "The Dawn of Modern Warfare. For the decades thereafter, the grand dukes only maintained a peacetime force of 2,500 soldiers, 500 cavalry to patrol the coasts and 2,000 infantry to man castles (Cosimo I having significantly expanded Tuscany's fortification network in an effort to defend the country). CosimoI died in 1574 of apoplexy, leaving a stable and extremely prosperous Tuscany behind him, having been the longest ruling Medici yet. The administrative structure of the grand duchy itself would see little change under FrancisI. In 1803, the first King of Etruria, Louis I, died and was succeeded by his infant son, Charles Louis, under the regency of his mother, Queen Mara Luisa. [72], After 1612, the Tuscans progressively stopped sending out expeditions and limited their naval operations to patrols. Tuscany, although part of NATO, was of center-left tendencies. It established a revolutionary commune. Leo XI died less than a month later, but fortunately for the Medici his successor Pope Paul V was also pro-Medici. This alternate history related article is a stub. Tuscany was overcome with religious orders, all of whom were not obliged to pay taxes. Additionally, the senate appointed the commissions of war and public security, and the governors of Pisa, Arezzo, Prato, Voltera and Cortona and ambassadors. They were divided because the stato nuovo was a Spanish fief and the stato vecchio an Imperial one. Grand Duchy of Tuscany. To strengthen the new Tuscan alliance, he married the deceased Francesco's younger daughter, Marie, to Henry IV of France. Tuscany started becoming more and more stable. In February 1849, Leopold II had to abandon Tuscany to Republicans and sought refuge in the Neapolitan city of Gaeta. United States and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Fiorentia was designated capital of Tuscia, a great sub-region, dominating today's Tuscany, Umbria and northern Lazio. mission was terminated on June 8, 1779. Chiarugi and his collaborators introduced new humanitarian regulations in the running of the hospital and caring for the mentally ill patients, including banning the use of chains and physical punishment, and in so doing have been recognized as early pioneers of what later came to be known as the moral treatment movement.[51]. In December 1859, the Grand Duchy was joined to the Duchies of Modena and Parma to form the United Provinces of Central Italy, which were annexed by the Kingdom of Sardinia a few months later. Tuscany was one of the states of the Holy Roman Empire that sided with the Emperor in the Thirty Years War, sending thousands of troops to support the pro-Imperial side from 1631. The grand duke Leopold II agreed to ratify a liberal constitution in 1848. 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[29], Tuscany participated in the Wars of Castro (the last time Medicean Tuscany proper was involved in a conflict) and inflicted a defeat on the forces of Urban VIII in 1643. Christina heavily relied on priests as advisors, lifting Cosimo I's ban on clergy holding administrative roles in government, and promoted monasticism. Francesco de' Medici, Mattias de'Medici, and Ottavio Piccolomini (an Imperial general of Sienese origin) were among the ringleaders in the plot to assassinate field marshal Albrecht von Wallenstein, for which they were rewarded with spoils by Emperor Ferdinand II. [2] The grand duchy's capital was Florence. Leopold also abolished capital punishment. [40] Meanwhile, the state's capital, Florence, had become full of beggars. The fear that the Emperor would impose conscription on the duchy caused 2% of the population to flee to the Papal States. [57] In April 1532, the Pope convinced the Bala, Florence's ruling commission, to draw up a new constitution. Ferdinando was forced to marry his heir, Cosimo, to Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria to assuage Spain (where Maria Maddalena's sister was the incumbent Queen consort). The Second Austro-Sardinian war broke out in the summer of 1859. It should be noted that Piedmont-Sardinia was one of Francis had to cede his ancestral Duchy of Lorraine in order to accommodate the deposed ruler of Poland, whose daughter Marie Leszczyska became Queen of France and of Navarre in 1725. Tuscany's economy is very varied, ranged from wine-making to heavy industry, passing through tourism, food industry, mining and tourism. France and Great Britain, on their last years, declared war on them. In 1686, Tuscany sent 4 galleys, 4 galiots, and 2 other vessels carrying 870 soldiers to participate in the Morean War (a battalion of 400 Tuscans were already serving there). He was unpopular among his subjects, though his many reforms brought the Grand Duchy to a level of stability that had not been seen in quite a while. The Austrian garrison was withdrawn in 1855. Siena was ruled by a governor appointed by the grand duke. By 1900, it was the most able. On 1941, Venezia attacked Lombardy. The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was an independent From 1560 to 1609, the Tuscan fleet captured 76 galiots, 7 galleys, 2 large roundships, and 67 minor craft, taking 9,620 slaves and liberating 2,076 Christians. Tuscany was ruled by the House of Medici and thrived bearing witness to unprecedented economic and military success under Cosimo I and his sons. Tuscany entered into a great period of stability and tolerance. The aftermath of the Franco-Austrian War brought about a series of The Grand Duchy of Tuscany ( Italian: Granducato di Toscana; Latin: Magnus Ducatus Etruriae) was an Italian monarchy that existed, with interruptions, from 1569 to 1859, replacing the Republic of Florence. During his reign, Florence purchased the island of Elba from the Republic of Genoa (in 1548),[8] conquered Siena (in 1555)[9] and developed a well-equipped and powerful naval base on Elba. Routledge: 1997. Married Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain (1745 - 1792) daughter of Charles III (1716 - 1788) King of Spain. On 1527, as the city of Rome itself was on siege, the Medici were deposed. Every grand duke after Leopold resided in Florence; they were considered to be pro-Habsburg. He commanded the draining of the Tuscan marshlands, built a road network in Southern Tuscany, and cultivated trade in Livorno. [2] The grand duchy's capital was Florence. Nothing major happened during the Cold War in northern Italy, as Lombardy left the Warsaw Pact on 1985 in favour of the Non-Aligned Movement, as well as the United Papal States and Piedmont. Francis was reluctant to resign the duchy, but Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (Maria Theresa's father) stated that if he didn't relinquish his rights to Lorraine, he could not marry Maria Theresa. In the 11th century the marquisate went to the Attoni family from Canossa, who also held Modena, Reggio Emilia and Mantua. [3], Having brought nearly all Tuscany under his control after conquering the Republic of Siena, Cosimo I de' Medici, was elevated by a papal bull of Pope Pius V to Grand Duke of Tuscany on August 27, 1569. Francis' second surviving son Peter Leopold became grand duke of Tuscany and ruled the country until his brother Joseph's death. Cosimo experienced several personal tragedies during the later years of his reign. During the early years of the republic, the United States sought to promote [59] The Council of Two Hundred was a petitions court; membership was for life. Gian Gastone would repeal his father's puritan laws. All unauthorized edits may be reverted on the admin's discretion. Following Ferdinand's death, his elder son, Leopold II, succeeded him. On it, the Tuscan army was mayor on defeating the Genovese, and got a large swath of territory, the Masacara lands. The said revolution toppled the throne of France, and caused disarray across Europe. Page 102. The exchequer was barely adequate to cover the state's current expenditure, resulting in a complete termination of banking operations for the Medici. Despite this, both countries appointed representatives and established diplomatic offices until 1860 when the Grand Duchy was incorporated into the Kingdom of Italy. The grand duke Leopold II agreed to ratify a liberal constitution in 1848. Together they had two children: Cosimo, in 1642, and Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro, in 1660. The Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the United States formally recognized each other in 1794, but never formally established diplomatic relations. The economy was so decrepit that barter trade became prevalent in rural market places. [1] The grand duchy's capital was Florence. Education was much neglected, and the only institutions of note were the universities of Pisa and Siena. The army consisted of from 7,000 to 8,000 men, who were levied by a sort of conscription, and served for six years. [74], Flag of Grand Duchy of Tuscany(15621737), Imperial Banner of the HRE as state/naval flag(17491765), State flag with Lesser Coat of arms(18151848, 18491860), State flag with Great Coat of arms(17651800, 18151848, 18491860)[75], Flag of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany(18481849), Lesser Coat of arms(18151848, 18491860), Great Coat of arms(17651800, 18151848, 18491860)[75], Civil flag and civil ensign(18151848, 18491860), Former Italian state (15691801; 18151859). [2], The Duchy appointed John F. Mansony as their first representative to the U.S. also as exequatur as Consul for the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Connecticut residing in Boston whose appointment was signed by President Monroe on November 6, 1817. Ferdinando eagerly assumed the government of Tuscany. [73], In 1686, Tuscany sent 4 galleys, 4 galiots, and 2 other vessels carrying 870 soldiers to participate in the Morean War (a battalion of 400 Tuscans were already serving there). On Livorno, he implanted a law of freedom of religion. Leopold was succeeded by Ferdinand III. All three contingents suffered high casualties, a third for the first two and over half for the third. Propose any changes to the talk page. Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Connecticut (with Department of State, U.S. Civil unrest governed Tuscany.
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