Claudia de' Medici

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Claudia de' Medici.
Claudia de' Medici.

Claudia de' Medici, (June 4, 1604 – December 25, 1648), was the wife (1620–1622) of Federico della Rovere, the only son of Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino. Their only child, Vittoria della Rovere would marry Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Claudia de' Medici was born in Florence.

After her husband's premature death, she was married, on April 19, 1626, to the archduke Leopold V of Austria. She died at Innsbruck in 1648.

She was named after her distant ancestor, Queen Claude of France, consort to King Francis I.

[edit] Ancestors

Claudia de' Medici's ancestors in three generations
Claudia de' Medici Father:
Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany		 Paternal Grandfather:
Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany		 Paternal Great-grandfather:
Giovanni dalle Bande Nere
Paternal Great-grandmother:
Maria Salviati
Paternal Grandmother:
Eleonora di Toledo		 Paternal Great-grandfather:
Pedro Álvarez de Toledo
Paternal Great-grandmother:
Maria Osorio Pimentel, Marquessas of Villafranca del Bierzo
Mother:
Christina, Grand Duchess of Tuscany		 Maternal Grandfather:
Charles III, Duke of Lorraine		 Maternal Great-grandfather:
Francis I, Duke of Lorraine
Maternal Great-grandmother:
Christina of Denmark
Maternal Grandmother:
Claude of Valois		 Maternal Great-grandfather:
Henry II of France
Maternal Great-grandmother:
Catherine de' Medici

[edit] Children

She had five children by Leopold V:

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