Francesco I de’ Medici

(1541–1587)
Duke of Florence (1574–1587)
Grand Duke of Tuscany (1574–1587)

Francesco I de’ Medici in Art:

Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607)
Ritratto di Francesco I de’ Medici
c.1558
Private collection

 

 

Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607)
Francesco de’ Medici
c.1560
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

 

 

Bronzino (1503-1572)
Eleonora di Toledo e il figlio Francesco
c.1549
Museo di Palazzo Reale, Pisa

 

 

Works commissioned by him:

Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607)
Ercole coronato dalle Muse
1568
Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze

 

 

Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574)
La Fucina di Vulcano
c.1564
Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze

 

Born March 25 1541 Firenze (Italia)
Died October 19 1587 Villa Medicea, Poggio a Caiano (Italia)
Cause of death Malaria / Murdered
Father Cosimo I de’ Medici (1519-1574)
Grandfather Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (1498-1526)
Grandmother Maria Salviati (1499-1543)
Mother Eleonora di Toledo (1522–1562)
Grandfather Pedro Álvarez de Toledo y Zúñiga (1484-1553)
Grandmother María Osorio y Pimentel (1498-1539)
Half sister Bia de’ Medici (c.1537-1542)
Sister Maria di Cosimo I de’ Medici (1540-1557)
Sister Isabella de’ Medici (1542-1576)
Brother Giovanni di Cosimo I de’ Medici (1543-1562)
Sister Lucrezia di Cosimo I de’ Medici (1545-1561)
Brother Pedricco de’ Medici (1546-1547)
Brother Garzia de’ Medici (1547-1562)
Brother Antonio de’ Medici (1548-1548)
Brother Ferdinando I de’ Medici (1549-1609)
Sister Anna de’ Medici (1553-1553)
Brother Pietro de’ Medici (1554-1604)
Half brother Don Giovanni de’ Medici (1567-1621)
Half sister Virginia de’ Medici (1568-1615)
Title Duke of Florence (1574-1587)
Title Grand Duke of Tuscany (1574-1587)