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Born October 3, 1797 • Florence • Italy
Died January 29, 1870 (aged 72) • Rome • Italy

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Cosimo I
Cosimo I
duke of Florence and Tuscany [1519–1574]
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Ferdinand I
grand duke of Tuscany
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Ferdinand II
grand duke of Tuscany
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Francis
grand duke of Tuscany
Cosimo III
Cosimo III
grand duke of Tuscany
Cosimo II
Cosimo II
grand duke of Tuscany
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Ferdinand III
grand duke of Tuscany
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Gino, Marquess Capponi
Italian historian and statesman
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Gian Gastone
duke of Tuscany
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Sir John Francis Edward Acton, 6th Baronet
prime minister of the Kingdom of Naples
Leopold II, engraving
Leopold II
Holy Roman emperor
Elisa Bonaparte with her daughter Napoleona Baciocchi, 1810.
Élisa Bonaparte
sister of Napoleon
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Francesco Bassano
Italian painter
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Francesco Galli Bibiena
Italian architect
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Guglielmo Boccanegra
Genoese ruler
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Giovanni di Bicci
Florentine statesman
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Alessandro Galli Bibiena
Italian architect and painter
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Leandro Bassano
Italian painter
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Antonio Galli Bibiena
Italian architect
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Giuseppe Galli Bibiena
Italian theatrical designer