Maria Magdalena of Austria

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For the later person with the same name, see Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria.

Maria Magdalena, Archduchess of Austria (born 7 October 1589 in Graz; died 1 November 1631 in Padua) was the daughter of Charles II, Archduke of Austria and his wife Maria Anna of Bavaria.

In 1608 she married Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

The two had the following children:

• Maria Cristina (August 24, 1609 – August 9, 1632)
• Ferdinando (July 14, 1610 – May 23, 1670), who married Vittoria della Rovere (February 7, 1622 – March 6, 1694), the daughter of Francesco Ubaldo della Rovere, Prince of Urbino.
• Giancarlo (July 24, 1611 – January 23, 1663), made Cardinal in 1644.
• Margherita (May 31, 1612 – February 6, 1679), who married on October 11, 1628 to Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma
• Matteo (April 9, 1613 – October 14, 1617)
• Francesco (October 16, 1614 – July 25, 1634)
• Anna (July 21, 1616 – September 11, 1676) who married on June 10, 1646 to Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria (1628-1662)
• Leopoldo (November 6, 1617 – November 10, 1675), made Cardinal in 1667.